[Red Steel]

The British common law system was not whole sale adopted by the United States. Some common practices were adopted by this country, but they have diverged sharply in many aspect as an example: we have a Supreme Court where Great Britain does not. Great Britain has the House of Lords as their court of highest appeals. And as you can see, this is not a separate form of government as we separate our branches of government. When it comes to citizenship, the United States renounced British subjugation. We even fought 2 wars over it.

British Common law is not American Common law or has it ever been. We derive origins from British practices, but it is not the same as we are a totally different sovereign.

[sometime lurker]

You have made several statements which seem to have no bearing on my point. British Common Law was a source for much of our Constitution, and courts often go back to it in interpreting American law. So one can’t reasonably claim the Constitution based a particular thing on Vattel, without proof and no one has shown any. There is however, the Madison quote, showing what the “Father of the Constitution” thought about this.