18 Republicans Cite 1600s Case Law to Defend Trump Birthright Citizenship Order

Feb 6th 2025 12:24pm EST

A group of House Republicans filed a brief Monday using case law from the 1600s to defend President Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship. The big picture: The GOP lawmakers cited an English case from 150 years before the U.S. was founded to dictate the country’s present laws. “Calvin’s Case” was a 1608 British legal decision that held that children born in […]

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