Trump push to oust Omar faces historic Supreme Court test, but legal experts see ‘uncharted’ twist

Federal investigators are probing whether Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, secured her U.S. citizenship through fraudulent immigration records tied to her late father. Omar denies any wrongdoing, and nothing has established that she is not a citizen. President Donald Trump is pushing to remove her, and legal experts told Fox News Digital that a Supreme Court precedent involving a different Democrat may not block Republicans from acting.

That precedent concerns Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. of New York, who was accused of misusing congressional money and of putting his wife on the congressional payroll. The House voted in 1967 to exclude him even though voters had reelected him. The Supreme Court later held that Congress may not turn away a duly elected member who meets the qualifications written into the Constitution.

Experts say that logic could cut against Omar. John Yoo, a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, argued that because citizenship is a constitutional requirement, Congress can enforce it, and that Powell would actually back removal of a non-citizen. Constitutional scholar Cully Stimson added that Powell dealt with judging qualifications, not expulsion, a subtle but important distinction.

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