Censuring Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and removing her from the Committee on Education and Workforce and the Committee on the Budget.

Enumerated powers · passes

Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants each House of Congress the power to 'determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.' Censuring a member and removing them from committees is a lesser disciplinary action than expulsion and falls squarely within this explicit grant of authority. The House has long exercised this power to discipline its members for conduct it deems disorderly.

Bill of Rights · passes

The resolution does not infringe on any of the first ten amendments. It does not restrict speech, religion, assembly, press, or petition (First Amendment) in a general sense; rather, it is an internal disciplinary action by the House regarding a member's conduct. The Speech or Debate Clause (Article I, Section 6, Clause 1) protects members from arrest and questioning for legislative speech, but it does not immunize them from internal disciplinary proceedings by their own chamber. The action does not involve search and seizure, self-incrimination, due process, takings, trial rights, jury rights, cruel and unusual punishment, or any other Bill of Rights protection.

Individual liberty · passes

This action does not restrict what a person can do with their own person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It is a disciplinary action against a member of Congress for conduct related to their official duties, not a restriction on the general public. The member retains their full rights as a citizen and as a member of the House, except for the specific committee assignments removed. The government has a compelling constitutional justification for maintaining order and decorum in its own proceedings, as authorized by Article I, Section 5.

Decentralization · passes

This action is internal to the House of Representatives and does not involve any question of federal versus state or local authority. The four-question test is not applicable to internal legislative discipline, but if applied, it would pass: an individual or family cannot handle this (it is a matter of legislative governance), a local community or county cannot handle it, a state cannot handle it, and it does not consolidate decision-making at a higher level than necessary—the House is the appropriate body to discipline its own members.

Due process and takings · passes

The resolution does not bypass due process or take property without just compensation. The House has its own procedures for disciplinary actions, and the resolution was subject to debate and a vote. The member was given notice and an opportunity to be heard, as is customary in such proceedings. There is no deprivation of life, liberty, or property; the removal from committees is a political consequence of the House's internal rules, not a legal penalty. The Takings Clause (Fifth Amendment) is not implicated.