[DiogenesLamp]

That would include Vattel, whose book was only recently discovered as being LONG OVERDUE from one of the Founding Fathers’ (Jefferson’s?) library.

George Washington.

I don't know why you bother talking to her. Barking dogs make more sense.

[butterdezillion]

I just arrived at the same conclusion.

Thanks for clarifying that it was George Washington. Some less-critical details get lost in the stacks in my mind.

I think it’s safe to say that Vattel was on the minds of the Founding Fathers when they penned the “natural born citizen” phrase in the Constitution.