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> He argued that Hennepin County’s position was supported by the Statute of Gloucester of 1278, which gave feudal lords in England the ability to recover their
by AlbertCory 3y ago
> He argued that Hennepin County’s position was supported by the Statute of Gloucester of 1278, which gave feudal lords in England the ability to recover their land from tenants. Justice Neil Gorsuch told him, “I just don’t understand what on earth any of that history has to do with this case.”
Since I just got done reading this:
https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-History-England-Earliest-Beginnings-ebook/dp/B007TJ17O8/ref=sr_1_2 https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-History-England-Earliest-B...
I was highly amused. The basis of English common law was, indeed, being laid back then, and it probably won't surprise you to know that landless peasants had very few rights.
- lsllc 3y agoI got to the part where it says "feudal lords" and I don't need to read any further. I can't fathom how they actually tried to defend this based on the abuse and exploitation of the dark ages. Seriously.
- throwaway173738 3y agoWe inherited our entire legal tradition from English common law, so an appeal to precedent from back then isn’t totally outlandish.
- galleywest200 3y agoThe US did fight a war to not have to follow English laws, however.
- SllX 3y agoThe English Monarchy and Parliament, really. Our laws (States and Federal) have continued to evolve in the English tradition as modified by republican Constitutional values.