{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-democrats-litigation-task-force-urges-supreme-court-to-protect-constitution-defend-birthright-citizenship", "House Democrats\u2019 Litigation Task Force Urges Supreme Court to Protect Constitution, Defend Birthright Citizenship", "2025-05-01", "2025", "2025-05", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "This week, Congressman Morgan McGarvey and other House Democrats\u2019 Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force members elevated their fight against the Trump administration\u2019s illegal attacks on the constitutional principle of birthright citizenship to the highest court in the land\u2014filing an amicus brief for the three birthright citizenship cases currently before the United States Supreme Court (Trump v. State of Washington, Trump v. CASA, Inc., and Trump v. State of New Jersey).\n\nThe brief was signed by 183 House Democrats and offers a compelling argument that President Trump\u2019s week one order to strip the guarantee of citizenship provided to children born in America violates the Constitution and over a century of Supreme Court rulings, and laws enacted by Congress. The justices are set to hear oral arguments in the cases on May 15th, following the administration\u2019s request that they lift a nationwide pause currently halting the implementation of this policy.\n\nThe full brief is available HERE.\n\nThe lawmakers first got involved when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considered the case of Trump v. State of Washington. Their latest endeavor is again being led by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, along with Litigation Task Force Co-Chairs Assistant Leader Joe Neguse and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin; Representatives Bennie Thompson, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee, and Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement; as well as Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Yvette Clarke, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Adriano Espaillat, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Grace Meng, and Congressional Jewish Caucus (CJC) Co-Chairs Jerry Nadler and Brad Schneider.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:20:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-democrats-litigation-task-force-urges-supreme-court-to-protect-constitution-defend-birthright-citizenship"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.287021234631538, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}