Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives for colluding with convicted felony sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing.

Enumerated powers · passes

Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 expressly empowers each House to determine the Rules of its Proceedings and to punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour. Censuring a Delegate and removing her from a House committee is a disciplinary exercise well within that authority, particularly because the Constitution does not require expulsion for lesser discipline. For Delegates, the House’s control over its own proceedings and committee assignments supplies additional authority.

Bill of Rights · passes

No provision of the Bill of Rights is infringed. The resolution does not punish speech or association based on viewpoint; it addresses coordinated official conduct with a convicted sex offender during a congressional hearing. Internal congressional discipline is not a bill of attainder because Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 is itself a constitutional authorization for such discipline. The Speech or Debate Clause, Article I, Section 6, Clause 1, protects legislative speech from questioning in other places, but it does not bar the House from disciplining its own participants.

Individual liberty · passes

The resolution does not restrict Delegate Plaskett’s private person, property, speech, labor, or belief. She retains her position as Delegate, her compensation, and her capacity to participate in the House to the extent its rules allow. Committee assignment is an institutional role, not a private right. The House has a compelling constitutional interest in preserving the integrity, impartiality, and public trust of its official proceedings.

Decentralization · passes

House committee assignments and internal discipline are uniquely federal legislative matters. No individual, local government, or territorial government could remove a Delegate from a U.S. House committee. The House is the minimum and proper level of government for this decision, and there is no upward consolidation beyond the House itself.

Due process and takings · passes

The Fifth Amendment’s Due Process and Takings Clauses are not implicated. A House committee assignment is not a life, liberty, or property interest requiring a federal civil trial; internal congressional discipline operates under the House’s own constitutional authority and procedures. The resolution also refers the matter to the Committee on Ethics for further investigation. No property is taken for public use, and there is no compensable interest in a committee seat.