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So many of your quotes don’t capitalize the title of the book - wonder why? Hint: not every reference to “the law of nations” is a reference to a specific book, just as not every reference to “chemistry” is a reference to the high school textbook we used with that title.

“The statements of leading commentators on the law of nations are to the same effect.”

Is the sentence showing law of nations or Law of Nations? Are stating this cannot possibly refer to Vattel?

You guys keep distorting law of nations cannot refer to Vattel.

Sorry to spoil your talking point, but Vattel doesn't capitalize law of nations within his book. All he did was compile what was accepted to be part of international law. And the Supreme Court has affirmatively conncected and precisely cited Vattel in relation to the uncapitalized law of nations, such as we see here in The Venus (1814):

1. The writers upon the law of nations distinguish between a temporary residence in a foreign country for a special purpose and a residence accompanied with an intention to make it a permanent place of abode. The latter is styled by Vattel "domicile," which he defines to be, "a habitation fixed in any place, with an intention of always staying there."

Note that the Supreme Court defines domicile here, which was one of the criteria used to make Wong Kim Ark a citizen of the United States. Obama's parents did NOT have a domicile in the United States in accordance to this definition and therefore fails to be a citizen even under the 14th amendment. He is neither an NBC nor a 14th amendment citizen ... and that's IF he could legally prove he was born in Hawaii.