On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:27:13 +0000, OlBlueEyes wrote:

By your reading, the Louisiana Purchase was illegal, and should be given
back to the French.

If you knew ANYTHING about the history of the US you'd know that Thomas
Jefferson explicitly STATED that the LP was in fact illegal.

He had concerns about stepping on states rights, but he made the deal
anyway. So, should we give the Louisiana Purchase back to the French?