What part of American law don’t you understand.
Vattel is not law.
American law is the law.
The Dude abides!
And the Constitution is the blueprint for American law....and the Law of Nations is the operations manual for it.
If you had bothered to assimilate the quotes I posted (and sourced), you might have realized that James Wilson...who gave the lecture on the Law of Nations had a pretty impressive resume'.
Elected to the Continental Congress, 1775-77, 1785-87;
Member of the Constitutional Convention, 1784;
Associate Justice to the US. Supreme Court, 1789-1798.
I DO believe I will take a signer of the Constitution and a man who sat on the US Supreme Courts word over some one who thinks the very puerile statement - 'no It's not' is some kind of substantial debate.
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The Dude abides!
"The Dude" NEEDS to abide.....very, VERY, far away.
At least until he understands government was created to uphold the Law....not manufacture it.