Please read the majority decision authored by Chief Justice Livingstone in the SCOTUS Venus Merchentman case of 1814. he incorporated the ENTIRE 212th paragraph from Emmerich De Vatel’s “Law of Nations” in his definition of a natural born citizen.
Therin is a stare decisis basis for an acceptance of Vatel in a constitutional SCOTUS decision.
> Please read the majority decision authored by Chief Justice Livingstone in the SCOTUS Venus Merchentman case of 1814. he incorporated the ENTIRE 212th paragraph from Emmerich De Vatel’s “Law of Nations” in his definition of a natural born citizen. <
Wait a minute. Livingstone used a foreign source as a basis for U.S. law? If some jurist tried that today, most conservatives would go nuts.
Is it too late to impeach Justice Livingstone?