I imagine it's a pre-hung door and the casing is already assembled. I have a long try-plane left over from my play at hand-made furniture building and also a Record-Ridgeway multi-plane with depth gauges. I'd probably use one or the other to take a quarter inch off the casing or maybe hand chisels to take ends off the baseboards.

For cutting ends off the baseboards I'd use the same techniques as for cutting mortises but I'd cut down from the top first to prevent splitting. Cutting in from the bottom probably is impossible and I'd probably drill a series of small holes along the line near the bottom to prevent splitting and then chisel them smooth when done. The cut wouldn't be quite square but it could be filled, and it would be better than risking a big split. Got to have sharp chisels for this work though. No power tools at all in the work I did and not even sandpaper. Sandpaper is a modern affiliation that obscures the grain.

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