See post 134. Vattel was writing philosophy, not law, and taking one sentence from his book that used ‘native’ and ‘indigenous’ and turning it into the one and only accepted legal definition of NBC is dishonest.
A study of Anglo-Saxon language & conversion to English (1818) Bosworth, London England
citizen/Freeman = a kinsman, a relation, an heir, (derived from ancient Roman customs & laws)
subject = inferior, under a ruler or king (derived from barbarian conquerers)
and do not confuse freedman to freeman, they are 2 very distinct persons, the former being a slave or a subject
Sorry, MrRogers, but the Supreme Court used a definition of native and natural born to be equivalent with Vattel’s definition of “native” and/or “indigenous.” They used his definition nearly verbatim. Native, in this case, means to be born in a country to citizen parents, specifically a citizen father. Of this there is no doubt. The 14th amendment did not resolve ANY doubt anyone being born to noncitizens being = to natural born.