And again, he is fully aware of this criticism. There's no excuse for it, no mitigation that I can think of. It's a sorry showing for someone who calls himself a scholar. End.
So, Wurman has gone beyond his brief to make a completely unsupportable, flat-out and obviously false claim about a source he considered pivotal to ongoing constitutional litigation, in a hearing dedicated to the meaning of the crucial clause at issue. 7.
it was enacted by statute 25 Edw. IlI. st. 2, that all children born abroad, provided both their parents were at the time of the birth in allegiance to the king, and the mother had passed the seas by her husband's consent, might inherit as if born in England: and accordingly it hath been so ad- judged in behalf of merchants. But, by several more modern statutes, these restrictions are still farther taken off: so that all children born out of the king's allegiance, whose fathers (or grandfathers by the father's side) were natural-born subjects, are now deemed to be natural-born subjects themselves, to all intents and purposes; unless their said ancestors were attainted, or banished beyond sea, for high treason: or were at the birth of such children in the service of a prince at enmity with Great Britain. the grandchildren of such ancestors shall not be privileged in respect of the alien's duty, except they be protestants, and actually reside within the realm; nor shall be enabled to claim any estate or interest, unless the claim be made within five years after the same shall accrue. " The children of aliens, born here in England, are, generally speaking, natural-born subjects, and entitled to all the privileges of such." Such being the principles of the English law, as laid down by Mr. Black• stone, I do not think it will be difficult to shew that it is in some things in- consistent with itself, and at variance with the dictates of natural justice and reason. For we have just seen that the children of aliens born in Eng- land are considered as natural-born subjects. Yet the children of English- men born in France or in America are not considered as French or Ameri- can born subjects, but as English: and even the grandchildren of natural- born Englishmen are considered by the same law as Englishmen to all in- tents and purposes. If the character of the parent gives the character to the child in the case of Englishmen, it must, pari ratione, give it in the case of the …
Somehow, we've gone from Tucker *believing* to *flatly asserting.* He does not do this. It does not happen. He flatly asserts the contrary. Here, look. 6. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc...
I explained this in exhausting detail. It is not debatable. It's a misuse of a source. There is no evidence that Tucker believed, as Wurman claimed, that the children of temporary visitors were excluded from birthright citizenship.
But the testimony is even worse. 5. bsky.app/profile/evan...
I pointed out that Wurman omits entirely to mention that Tucker *is not* discussing the common-law rule here. Tucker is discussing what makes sense to him, as a matter of "natural reason." Then he discusses the common-law rule. He complains about it. 4.
I think this demonstrates that the reason not to have historic figures on the bank notes is that people can't be trusted not to play silly culture war games and pretend to be offended when you change the designs.
Lololol
While many are criticising the Bank of England's decision to take historical figures off banknotes, when we asked the public what they most wanted to see on banknotes, 63% picked something other than historical figures - including 59-60% of Tory and Reform voters
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Kemi Badenoch's spokesman denies she is ashamed of British animals, after the Conservative party call the Bank of England's decision to put British wildlife on our banknotes "deeply depressing"
Kemi Badenoch Denies Being Ashamed of British Animals
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/kemi-baden...
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Alysa Liu on Eileen Gu, via The New York Times "I think people are hypocritical for shaming her for representing China ... Y'all would have told her to go back to China. Now that they're back in China, you're mad."
Absolutely. Fucking. Perfect.
Don't worry, Jake Tapper will be writing a hundred articles on his mental confusion any minute now
The Kurds are people with their own strategic interests and their own internal disagreements, not a magical incantation that solves America's problems in the Middle East.
Breaking: Government just confirmed will apply new laws tackling tax avoidance schemes to tax ‘finfluencers’ - protecting millions who have lost money or been fined following their advice.
Expect a knock from the taxman if you have been ripping people off with your financial clickbait. #trueLabour
Another great piece from Sam.
Labour seem dead set on self-annihilation.
Tillis says he thinks Warsh is well qualified to be Fed chair but isn’t backing down:
“It is unfortunate that an ongoing investigation prevents me from voting for Kevin at this time.”
A Skokie woman claimed Homeland Security detained her for nearly 2 days before she ended up in Wisconsin — an extraordinary story disputed by Feds, two sheriff’s departments and her purported employer. A big big big yikes here www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/11/o...
Good law project fought off an £8m libel suit which tried to silence the award-winning journalist Dan Neidle.
The judge branded the claim “spectacularly inflated”, intentionally “oppressive”, and struck it out. This is the first claim to be struck out under new legislation..
#GoodLawProject
Angus: They’ve created absolute chaos in the Middle East, and yet they take time out to insult Canada — to say that they can take us over. And then Trump again today doubles down, calling our prime minister his governor.
For the rest of time, if any politician on either side of the Atlantic moans "how are we going to pay for it?" in relation to a public good, I need all journalists to point out that Pete Hegseth spent 15 million taxpayer dollars on ribeye steak in 30 days.
US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says
Keir Starmer knew about Peter Mandelson’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, yet still disgracefully handed him one of the most powerful jobs in politics and later gave him a gold-plated payoff.
If the Prime Minister had any decency, he would resign.
please do not make me have to vote strategically to avoid a two republican ballot, you cretins
BREAKING: Senate Republicans just blocked my bill to fund TSA and FEMA... AGAIN.
This isn't complicated: if Republicans won't agree to rein in ICE & CBP, they should AT MINIMUM work with us to fund TSA.
But they won't.
@murray.senate.gov just gave Republicans a second chance to fund TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard.
They said no since it wouldn’t include more money for President Trump’s mass deportation operations.
"There is no meaningful MAGA split on Iran...The war in Iran is unpopular, but that is the case because of opposition from a supermajority of Democrats, a majority of Independents, and a sliver of Republicans...A group that is 'split' approximately 85%-5% isn’t really split at all."
#BBCPM
Posting this, for no particular reason…,
www.yahoo.com/news/world/l...
Wearily tapping the 'he's just saying words and they have no real meaning and cannot be taken as indications of actual policy or views or strategy or indeed anything with practical application' sign
