Birthright Citizenship: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong | Dr. John Eastman
The Jenny Beth ShowJuly 07, 2026x
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Birthright Citizenship: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong | Dr. John Eastman

Dr. John Eastman is one of the country's leading constitutional scholars. He clerked at the United States Supreme Court, has been involved in more than 200 cases before the Court, and founded a constitutional litigation center more than 25 years ago dedicated to restoring the principles of the American founding.

Host Jenny Beth Martin is co-founder of the Tea Party movement and Chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action.

Key topics:

  • Why the 6-3 birthright citizenship headline is wrong and the real vote was 5-4
  • What "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" meant to the men who wrote the Fourteenth Amendment
  • The 1898 Wong Kim Ark decision and the history the majority ignored
  • Justice Thomas's 91-page dissent and Justice Alito's warning
  • Trump v. Slaughter, the end of Humphrey's Executor, and restored presidential power
  • What Congress can do now, and the Dred Scott precedent for pushing back
  • The Court's ruling protecting girls' sports

Timestamps:

00:00 — The SAVE America Act sits stalled in the Senate

01:49 — Maine's Senate race and the Susan Collins math

03:21 — Trump at the NATO summit; the Charlie Kirk hearing begins

04:51 — A landmark Supreme Court term

05:23 — Call to action: pass the SAVE America Act

06:37 — Dr. John Eastman joins; celebrating America's 250th

07:20 — Was this really a consequential term?

08:47 — Trump v. Slaughter and restored presidential power

16:31 — Birthright citizenship: why the number is wrong

21:01 — Wong Kim Ark and the history the Court ignored

25:42 — The dissents and what Congress can do

41:19 — Judicial supremacy, Lincoln, and Dred Scott

46:37 — Ten years from the escalator to the border

49:16 — The Court protects girls' sports

52:09 — Calls to action and a 250-year close

Links: teapartypatriots.org, jennybethshow.com, passthesaveamericaact.com. Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.