A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.

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This joint resolution is a textbook exercise of Congress's enumerated war powers under Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, and its power to make rules for the governance of the armed forces under Article I, Section 8, Clause 14. It does not infringe on any constitutional right, does not restrict individual sovereignty, and actually promotes decentralization by reasserting the constitutional role of Congress over the President in matters of war. The resolution's exception for self-defense is consistent with the President's inherent authority to repel sudden attacks. The bill is fully constitutional.

• ✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
  Congress has explicit constitutional authority to declare war and to make rules for the regulation of the armed forces (Article I, Section 8, Clauses 11 and 14). This joint resolution directly exercises that authority by directing the removal of forces from unauthorized hostilities. It does not exceed any enumerated power; rather, it reasserts a power explicitly granted to Congress.
• ✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
  The resolution does not implicate any provision of the Bill of Rights. It does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, press, petition, arms, quartering, search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, or cruel and unusual punishment. It concerns the conduct of foreign hostilities, not the rights of individuals.
• ✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
  The resolution does not restrict the liberty, property, speech, labor, or belief of any individual. It addresses the deployment of military forces, which is a matter of national policy, not individual conduct. There is no burden on individual sovereignty.
• ✓ Passes · Decentralization
  This resolution does not consolidate power upward; it actually pushes decision-making back to the most representative branch of the federal government (Congress) and away from unilateral executive action. The questions: (1) An individual or family cannot handle foreign hostilities, so no. (2) A local community cannot handle foreign hostilities, so no. (3) A state cannot handle foreign hostilities,…
• ✓ Passes · Due process and takings
  The resolution does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process, nor does it take private property for public use without just compensation. It is a procedural measure to ensure that the President obtains congressional authorization before engaging in hostilities, which is consistent with due process in the constitutional order.

Sources: Congress.gov: SJRES 114 summary