Jefferson would have referred to Anglo-Saxon heathen based common law as the
> basis of the US state. Pagan common law and not biblical law is the
> foundation of US law.
>
Yes, and it had evolved under Christian kings since Augustine baptized Æthelberht of Kent in 601.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."