Unless the exact phrase is used, i.e. long form hospital birth certificate, or natural born citizen, its impossible to actually know legally what the person said.
Its just trickery, to make the ordinary citizen think something said was one thing in common sense terms, when in actual fact the precise and legal meaning was far, far weaker.
Perfect for propaganda when all the media will show is a few cut down sound bites on TV with no legal analysis.
You keep trying to substitute “natural born subject,” because it benefits your case, when the constitution says “natural born citizen.”
I think Vattel *is* US common law at the constitutional level. While parts of English common law may remain at the state level for the original 13 colonies, US Federal Law and the constitution always super-cede and override it.
“I think Vattel *is* US common law at the constitutional level.”
The US Supreme Court disagrees. It has repeatedly gone to English common law to determine the original intent of NBC, not Vattel. You may disagree with that, just as I think WKA went to far, but our opinions hold equal legal weight - none.