Ruggles v. Illinois
108 US 526, 2 S. Ct. 832, 27 L. Ed. 812 - Supreme Court, 1883
... But Vattel’s first general maxim of interpretation is that “it is not allowable to interpret what has
no need of interpretation,”
Boos v. Barry
485 US 312, 108 S. Ct. 1157, 99 L. Ed. 2d 333 - Supreme Court, 1988 -
... “As a leading commentator observed in 1758, “it is necessary that nations should treat and hold
intercourse together, in order to promote their interests, — to avoid injuring each other, — and
to adjust and terminate their disputes.” E. Vattel, The Law of Nations