The Founders by reading Vattel’s Law of Nations found their justification to have their revolution.
Vattel gave inspiration to the Founders..they printed pamphlets using quotes from the Law of nations to rouse the colonists.
It is your groaned frenzy to deny this..to beat your own drum....
If Vattel is a nobody..as you proclaim..why is Addison quoting him in a letter to Washington.
Your nonsense posts on freerepublic are fables to promote your own self interests.
You rather see the Constitution destroyed to advance your own posterity.
The Founders COULD have used Vattel in determining who qualified to run for President, but they did not. The did NOT require a “native citizen”, “natural citizen” or an “indigenous citizen” - any of which might reference back to Vattel.
Instead, they used a legal term - natural born citizen. Not found in Vattel, but with a specific legal meaning.
And the quote you just cited would have made the American Revolution unjustified.