[Political Junkie Too]

Okay, I'm fine with that. But, minor or not, are you retracting your comment that there was no indication that they ever discussed Vattel or his notions.

-PJ

[Sherman Logan]

Sure. I obviously overstated my case somewhat.

But I didn't overstate it nearly as much as those claiming Vattel was the leading influence on the Founders and the primary source of the idea for our Constitution.

It seems quite obvious to me that Montesqueiu, Blackstone and many others were much more influential than Locke. It seems to me that if there was a commonly-understood meaning of NBC among the Founders, it was more likely to be that of Blackstone than Vattel.

YMMV