Who knew, except you, that the Constitution was written in the 1740’s, 10 years before Vattel published the “Law of Nations?” And who are we to take the authority of Story, John Marshall and St. George Tucker, Daniel Ramsay, Chief Justice Waite and others before taking yours. You continue to mislead and misinform. You must get a reward. What is it, a bale of hay?
“Who knew, except you, that the Constitution was written in the 1740’s, 10 years before Vattel published the “Law of Nations?””
The Constitution was written in 1787. No translation of Vattel at the time used ‘natural born citizen’. That incorrect translation first appeared in 1797 - 10 years AFTER the Constitution was written.
As for the original intent, it helps to know that NBC was a legal term, widely debated in the century prior to the Constitution in its English form ‘natural born subject’. Any lawyer at the time the Constitution was written would be familiar with the term and its meaning - which INCLUDED the children of aliens.