[EnderWiggins]

"What's your cite?"

Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England

Complete Text here: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/blackstone.asp

Also... read the comprehensive historical review in the Supreme Court Case of Wong Kim Ark here:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0169_0649_ZO.html

[bvw]

I’ve read over Blackstone and disagree that his text backs your assertions.

And I’m NOT taking Wong King Ark as precedent, for a number of reasons.

Blackstone is NOT the only commentator of English Law of the time, there are others, and de Vattel’s work was known and must be considered as well.