So in other words, not Congress. I didn't bother to read anything after these words.
Notice they sometimes used NBC, sometimes used NBS...it didn’t matter which.
Since whether the Founders followed Vattel (they did, as is well proved already) or Blackstone's commentaries on ECL makes no difference for Ted Cruz, who is invalidated by both standards, you are right, "it didn't matter which."
“So in other words, not Congress. I didn’t bother to read anything after these words.”
Proof you are STUPID. Or a LIAR. Or both.
If one of the ratifying legislatures believed something, that something is worth knowing. They are one of the 13 legislatures that APPROVED the US Constitution, so what they thought they were approving is even more important than what someone believed they were writing.
“Since whether the Founders followed Vattel (they did, as is well proved already)”
You do not follow something that won’t be written for another 10 years, not unless you are a time traveler.
” makes no difference for Ted Cruz, who is invalidated by both standards”
Wrong again. As I have already pointed out, Parliament had the right to change the definition of NBS, and had done so multiple times in the 400 years prior to the Constitution. That means NBS was recognized as a term of law that could be adjusted by the legislature - and all the Founders KNEW it, since the most recent adjustments had come during the 1700s and affected all the law of the colonies.