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To quote your views from your linked post: "I don't think many folks in our founding generation had ever even heard of Vattel" I quit reading your opinion right there. It's obvious which end it's coming from. Maybe you should do a bit more research on the subject. Here's this little bit of history to put in that Starbucks cup.

It was over two centuries late, but a copy of a library book George Washington borrowed was returned yesterday to a New York library. It was over two centuries late, but a copy of a library book George Washington borrowed was returned yesterday to a New York library. The former president borrowed The Law of Nations by Emer de Vattel on 5 October 1789, according to the records of the New York Society Library

http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/may/20/george-washington-library-book

And this: Thomas Jefferson a Founder of Our Nation and Influential in the Framing of OurConstitution used his personal copy of 1775 French edition of “The Law of Nations orPrinciples of Natural Law by Vattel”, newly edited edition by Charles Dumas in 1775, tohelp write and influence others in the writing of the Founding Documents.The foundersand framers were fluent in French, the diplomatic language of the time, many havingserved as diplomatsto France.Thomas Jeffersonused his personal copy of the new 1775 French edition of theVattel’s Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Lawto write theDeclaration of Independence. He was also very influential in the creation of theU.S.Constitution. Quotations such as “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, “Laws of Nature” and concepts for a new “more perfect” form of government with a writtenConstitution and independent Judiciary and the sovereignty of the People are right out of Vattel’s Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/63743974/Thomas-Jefferson-used-Vattel-s-Law-of-Nations-to-Write-Founding-Documents The former president borrowed The Law of Nations by Emer de Vattel on 5 October 1789, according to the records of the New York Society Library

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I quit reading your opinion right there

Well, if you had finished reading my post, you would have learned that I rely upon Justice Scalia's opinion that when interpreting the Constitution, we should interpret words as ordinary folks would have interpreted them back then. I doubt very many people back then had ever heard of Vattel or his little French book.

Anyway, like everyone else, you get a vote. Use it to support someone you believe is eligible.

P.S. When you rely on Jefferson regarding this issue, you might for the sake of fairness remind your readers that Jefferson didn't go to the Constitutional Convention. You don't want to mislead people. ;-)