He is correct, but no one will EVER convince a Vattel-birther.
After all, wasn’t natural born citizen found in a translation of Vattel made 10 years after the Constitution was written? And isn’t Vattel the true source of all American law, particularly on citizenship?
Of course, no state, no court and no congressman agrees, but that only means the conspiracy is VAST!
You seem to be determined to ignore the SCOTUS Venus merchantman case of 1814, as well as dozens of SCOTUS cases that cite Vattel extensively for definition and reference.
The Venus case regarded the question whether the cargo of a merchantman, named the Venus, belonging to an American citizen, and being shipped from British territory to America during the War of 1812, could be seized and taken as a prize by an American privateer. But what the case said about citizenship, is what matters here.
What the Venus Case says on citizenship:
In the Venus Case, Justice Livingston, who wrote the unanimous decision, quoted the entire §212nd paragraph from the French edition, using his own English, on page 12 of the ruling:
Vattel, who, though not very full to this point, is more explicit and more satisfactory on it than any other whose work has fallen into my hands, says:
“The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives or indigenes are those born in the country of parents who are citizens. Society not being able to subsist and to perpetuate itself but by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights.”
“The inhabitants, as distinguished from citizens, are strangers who are permitted to settle and stay in the country. Bound by their residence to the society, they are subject to the laws of the state while they reside there, and they are obliged to defend it…”
Vattel has long been a significant precedent in American appelate and jurispredential history.
The absence of proof for this conspiracy is, itself, proof of just how deep and broad the conspiracy is.
Mark Levin is a constitutional jacka$$. And the Jews wonder why they still live under persecution. The LAW of “Natural Born” was defined by God, who wrote the Laws of Nature, long before the Jews even existed. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with soil. It is entirely encompassed by the blood of the father.
The presidency is an International position open to Americans and all foreign nationals, Duel or otherwise, born on US soil. Natural-Born is now defined as Location only. Loyalty born of Singular citizenship to the USA is no longer required.
We just need to be straight on the new rules. McCain had to have citizen parents, and that's no longer required, and as such, duel citizen foreign nationals can now qualify if born on our dirt or occupied territory.
Simply put, Its all about the dirt. Provide an American BC, photo-shopped or otherwise, along with any passport from any country for ID purposes, and your in. The constitution reverts back to its original drafted clause, “Born Citizen”. “Natural-Born Citizen” is void, as an interpretation that is documented in Minor VS Happersett.
Lets move on.
Many of the Framers, Franklin among them, were completely fluent in French. Date of translation does not apply!