Deep Dive (Jan. 27): 45 Senators Rule Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional

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Forty-five senators voted the impeachment trial against former President Trump is unconstitutional. Senator Rand Paul forced the Senate to vote on whether or not it’s constitutional for the Senate to hold a trial of a private citizen, since Trump is no longer in office. He called it a “partisan vendetta against a man no longer in office.” What does the vote mean for the odds of conviction?

President Biden took office in a flurry of executive orders. Six days later, Texas pushed back. A federal judge has temporarily blocked Biden’s 100-day deportation freeze. Two weeks earlier, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration over the policy.

Tiffany Meier
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Tiffany Meier is a New York-based reporter and host of NTD's "China in Focus."
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