Blunders of the Supreme Court of the United States, Part 1

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The first in a series of two articles on blunders made by the Supreme Court of the United States. In this article the case of United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation (299 U.S. 304, 1936) is analyzed. The blunder made is that sovereignty passed from Great Britain to the United Colonies when the Declaration of Independence was passed. However, it is shown that sovereignty passed from Great Britain upon the treaty of September 23, 1783, and not the Declaration of Independence, and that sovereignty passed to the States (Independent States) and not the United Colonies.