“According to Vattel’s Law of Nations, Chapter 19 Sec 212: “The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. As the society cannot exist and perpetuate itself otherwise than by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights... The country of the fathers is therefore that of the children; and these become true citizens merely by their tacit consent.”
Except that is NOT what Vattel wrote. Nor was it translated (incorrectly) that way until 10 years AFTER the US Constitution was written.
There you go again, injecting facts into a perfectly good argument. I wonder how many of these pugilists were around back when these arguments were raging 8-9 years ago?