[DiogenesLamp]

So, if you insist that we did indeed operate under ENGLISH common law for many many years, please cite the sources which support this. Please tell us when we finally did fully cast off the laws of England to live under the US law?

A lot of these ya-hoos don't understand that after the Revolution, there were many thousands of people born in the United States after 1776 that considered themselves British Subjects. So did both the British Government, AND the US Government.

"Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts."
-- Henry Rosovsky

[Jeff Winston]

A lot of these ya-hoos don't understand that after the Revolution, there were many thousands of people born in the United States after 1776 that considered themselves British Subjects. So did both the British Government, AND the US Government.

That might be true immediately after the Declaration, but not for much longer than that.

Although I'm not sure what your point is here.

"Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts." -- Henry Rosovsky

That's the best thing you've said.