The phrase you use referred not to Vattel, but to the common law. And whenever the Court says “the common law,” that includes the English common law which was our heritage.
It’s the same common law that the Wong Court referred to repeatedly, over dozens of pages.
The remedy for a bad President is to scratch and claw at the bad President, not to scratch and claw at our Constitution.
It didn't specify anything about "English" common law. The definition of NBC is a verbatim match of Law of Nations, which is ALSO recognized as common law.
It’s the same common law that the Wong Court referred to repeatedly, over dozens of pages.
No, actually it's not. The Wong court cited English common law over dozens of pages after affirming the 14th amendment does NOT define natural-born citizenship and AFTER it affirmed the Law of Nations definition from Minor.
The remedy for a bad President is to scratch and claw at the bad President, not to scratch and claw at our Constitution.
Upholding the Constitution has nothing to do with scratching and clawing at it.