[DoodleDawg]

And what role did William Blackstone play in the formation of the US government?

He was studied by every member of the Constitutional convention that was a lawyer.

Citing William Blackstone, the premier expert on Monarchist based English law, is a good example of what I meant when I said "People nowadays are ignorant and silly."

Oh I can think of a lot of other indications.

William Blackstone's position on Independence from the United Kingdom would have been "it's illegal."

So would Vattel's. Vattel would have found the idea of separation of church and state to be completely wrong. Hw would have had issues with a lot of the Constitution.

Back to "laws of nature and nature's God" position I expect.

[DiogenesLamp]

He was studied by every member of the Constitutional convention that was a lawyer.

Not regarding his opinions on forming a government outside of the Monarchy. The source of law for what they were doing at that convention was not English Common law.

So would Vattel's. Vattel would have found the idea of separation of church and state to be completely wrong.

That wasn't in the main body of the Constitution. That was a subsequently proposed set of Amendments. What is in the body of the Constitution is a dispensation to the President from working on Sundays, and an acknowledgement of Jesus Christ as "Lord" at the end of the document.

Hw would have had issues with a lot of the Constitution.

So some people have asserted, though these claims all miss the main point. The creation of a confederated republic was his core idea. All the rest is just window dressing, and whether or not details went along with his suggestions, his concept of a confederated Republic did in fact get adopted.

Was Blackstone, or anyone else suggesting such an idea?

Vattel is what inspired James Otis to start his pamphleteering. Vattel is what did in fact trigger the entire thing.

From "The rights of the British Colonies asserted and proved", 1764, by James Otis.