Then you have been willfully and negligently ignorant. Vattel has often been cited in court cases and by the Founders in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
“Vattel has often been cited in court cases and by the Founders in the 18th and 19th Centuries.”
Please show where Vattel is used as an authority on US citizenship.
Because Vattel said citizenship followed the parent, as it still does in Swiss law. US law has NOT followed Vattel.