making us reread stupid and false arguments AGAIN doesn’t make them magically more valid.
This overlong and irrelevent screed has this snippet, embedded like a kernel of corn in some horse apples:
“ “To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations”
Again, those phrases are not from England’s common law, but rather from natural law and even mention Vattel’s book by name, “Law of Nations.” “
OH REALLY? So ‘Law of Nations’ doesn’t refer to a general term equivalent to ‘international law’ or ‘law of the sea’, it’s about a book.
How gullible does a reader have to be to assume the “Law of Nations” is Vattel’s book?!? Apparently if you are on the high seas and commit an offense against his BOOK - what, spit on it? throw it overboard? Call Vattel a bad name? - you are subject to Federal law.
And Piracies and felonies are not in English common law?!? You’ve read 100% of Blackstone to find out?!? It’s a pity that 5 minutes of google can tear this shreds - it’s a pity you don’t try just a LITTLE to learn the truth rather than peddle cheap and bad junk like this.
I can’t believe you, or the author, are that dumb. You are trying to fool people or are trying to push a story with no care as to how absurd or wrong it is.
Put down the crack pipe, please. you’ll hurt someone.
It is very clear from the correspondence that existed between our Founders, that they used Vattel extensively as a source.