…790 Naturalization Act, pre-Vattel
English legal doctrine, and the documented fear of foreign influence that
animated every man who signed the Con…
…ues—I am illustrating the principle: en-
trenched doctrine can be overturned when the text demands it.
Constitutional arguments do not become corre…
…n’s Case established jus soli
as the controlling doctrine!”
Calvin’s Case, decided in 1608, is indeed a landmark. The case
held that Ro…