With good reason. It's hard to say that the Magna Carta, Locke and English common law didn't have a major influence.
“To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations.”
You really think Article I Section 8 is referring to Vattel's book?
Not to mention that the Preamble to the Constitution states that it is based on “natural law”
The difference between a citizen and a subject is that a subject owes a responsibility to the government while a government owes a responsibility to its citizens. That is the basis for a limited power government like our Republic.
My state California is full of corruption and mismanagement because since the late 1980’s it has been changed from a REPUBLIC to a DEMOCRACY which is a mild form of mob rule, especially when it is a one party state and that party is mostly Socialist/Communist.
You really think Article I Section 8 is referring to Vattel’s book?
Absolutely. The title is specific and singular,