“You left out “all of the American Government textbooks in use in the US prior to 1970.”
They are still accessible through the Library of Congress.”
The Swiss writer De Vattel was dead before the Constitution was written, and is not mentioned, quoted, cited in the Constitution itself.
Textbooks are not law.
The framers and founders could have defined the terms, but did not.
So now valid differeing opinions occur. We had better get to the USSC and get it settled. Don’t be surprised if it results that natural born citizen = native born citizen. That is, after all, the basis for Obama, like it or not.
>> “The framers and founders could have defined the terms, but did not.” <<
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Childish comment.
They didn’t define any of the terms in the constitution; they didn’t need to; they were common usage.
The fact that there are destroyers that seek to weaken the constitution does not detract from its meaning. Natural Born was well understood, and taught in school because it was precise, and important.
Those that seek to inject English Common Law into a nation of sovereign citizens seek to dissolve that nation. Common Law was for the colonies, and rejected for the nation deliberately.
The chief framers were disinclined to all things british. Those elements of common law that were of Roman origin are still found in our laws, but those things that are corrosive to personal sovereignty and liberty have been largely expunged. (leftists of course disagree; they hate both)