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To: Mr Rogers
And he treats Vattel, not as a legal dictionary, but a philosophy work as he tried to grapple with what a citizen was 25 years after the Constitution was signed. And he agrees that citizens born of citizens are...citizens.

Chief Justice Marshall doesn't have to define natural born citizenship since de Vattel has done that for him. It's there in Venus, and you spouting it is only as a 'philosophical viewpoint' is hogwash - a lame attempt to explain it away.

a citizen was 25 years after the Constitution was signed.

A non sequitur and irrelevant.

And he agrees that citizens born of citizens are...citizens.

Marshall apparently agreed with de Vattel on his definition of who constitutes a citizen besides naturalization or denizens. His opinion in Venus is littered with de Vattel cites.

597 posted on 05/17/2010 7:54:13 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel; Las Vegas Ron

Fascinating. They define ‘natural born citizen’ without ever referring to it...

Maybe you could join LVR in applying for a job reading minds.


600 posted on 05/17/2010 8:46:58 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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