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To: Beach555
The “Law of Nations” is also referenced in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.

Yes, I've seen that. Too bad that the Framers didn't put quotation marks around the title and reference Vattel by name in parenthesis to drive it home.

It would have been even better if they'd simply stated their definition of NBC in the Constitution, but in their day, clear and simple words conveyed clear and simple meanings.

I'm sure they had no idea that the implied understandings expressed in their eloquent 18th century tongue would leave holes big enough to drive a Mack truck through in centuries hence.

49 posted on 03/14/2010 1:04:30 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Criminal, immoral people seek loopholes. That just about defines the affirmative action fraud-in-chief and his scummy apologists working FR.


52 posted on 03/14/2010 1:07:31 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: Windflier

Yes, that would have been much better, but the mere fact that it is capitalized says they were referencing a title. Had it not been capitalized it would take on an entirely different meaning and one that would not be definable.


62 posted on 03/14/2010 1:40:19 PM PDT by Beach555
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