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To: CDR Kerchner

Don’t get too excited. This applies to someone who was explicitly immune to U.S. law. Illegal immigrants have no such immunity.

That Vattel is cited shouldn’t mean much; no-one debates whether he was influential to America’s founding fathers. Vattel never uses the phrase, “natural-born citizen.” There’s little basis for the assertion that the French word, “naturel” means “natural-born citizen” as opposed to simply, “native.”


8 posted on 09/06/2025 7:00:01 PM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

Vattel’s book on natural born citizenship was a favorite of George Washington. He failed to return it to the library. Nevertheless Vattel was cited by the founders and lawyers in early case law on citizenship


9 posted on 09/06/2025 7:09:44 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: dangus

The French word “naturels” used by Vattel translates to “natural born”. See: https://cdrkerchner.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/my-translation-of-a-key-sentence-in-emer-de-vattels-1758-treatise-on-natural-law-in-section-212-des-citoyens-et-naturels/ ... and ... https://lonang.com/library/reference/vattel-law-of-nations/vatt-119/


14 posted on 09/07/2025 12:28:56 AM PDT by CDR Kerchner ( retired military officer, natural law, Vattel, presidential, eligibility, natural born Citizen )
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