Except that is a misquote. Vattel never wrote that. It first appeared in a bad translation 10 years AFTER the Constitution. And Minor did not address who was a NBC because no one had any doubt for the person in question.
By whom?
Vattel never wrote that.
Who said he did?
Did he say this:
>>“The Citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they participate equally in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are Citizens”.<<
Minor did not address who was a NBC because no one had any doubt for the person in question.
Regardless of the motivation, the Supreme Court did define the term "Natural-born citizen" explicitly and unanimously, therefore it is defined. It was the "common" belief up until that time and since, and it is still taught in naturalization literature.
Has any subsequent Supreme Court reversed that opinion?
Two citizen parents, born in-country....That rules out a lot of people including Little Marco, Nikki Haley, Bobby Jindal, Beautiful Ted...and others.