[CpnHook]

SCOTUS: "Tucker cited Vattel as authority for his interpretation of Article 1, 10"

OK. But here what's at issue is a term contained within Article II. Right?

You have drifted onto some other playing field for no apparent reason.

Yes, Vattel is cited on matters of international law ("treaties, alliance, and confederations.") He's not cited on matters of municipal (domestic) law. The citizenship status of person born within the nation is a matter of municipal law.

[AmericanVictory]

So you, on your own, are overruling Mr. Justice Story in Shanks v. Dupont? I am sure, should it come to that, the person arguing for Cruz need only cite CpnHook on constitutional law.