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Both articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were deemed unconstitutional by the Senate on Wednesday in a party-line vote.

The first of two articles of impeachment alleged Mayorkas engaged in the "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" regarding the southern border in his capacity as DHS secretary. The second claimed Mayorkas had breached public trust.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., proposed a point of order declaring the article unconstitutional, to which the majority of senators agreed following several failed motions by Republicans.

The article was deemed unconstitutional by a vote of 51-48, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voting present.

1 posted on 04/17/2024 1:47:07 PM PDT by Carriage Hill
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I can’t cry anymore
While you run around
Break away
Just when it seems so clear
That it’s over now
Drink your big Black Cow
And get out of here


31 posted on 04/17/2024 2:35:02 PM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40, then 35 must be the new 15.)
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Good for them. That is what a party does. McConnell could have killed both of them in a day. But that weak chinned closet homo Chicom bribetaker let it rock on for months.


33 posted on 04/17/2024 2:36:44 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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Foregone conclusion. Yet another scam by Kevin McCarthy and Mike Johnson to distract conservatives while they caved on stuff that actually matters like the budget.


34 posted on 04/17/2024 2:45:56 PM PDT by GulliverSwift
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sham process May was doing what his boss wanted The boss should be in prison.


38 posted on 04/17/2024 2:54:38 PM PDT by coalminersson (since )
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In impeachment proceedings, the House of Representatives charges an official of the federal government by approving, by simple majority vote, articles of impeachment. After the House of Representatives sends its articles of impeachment to the Senate, the Senate sits as a High Court of Impeachment to consider evidence, hear witnesses, and vote to acquit or convict the impeached official


41 posted on 04/17/2024 3:05:50 PM PDT by coalminersson (since )
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This is a year that should bring a least 3 to 5 Senate seats to the Republicans.

Instead, these feckless tools will find a way to lose net 1.

The House is already gone.

Only Trump coattails can help the GOP but they’ll ruin that also.

Starting January 22, 2025 Trump will be impeached daily.

I live in TN and I’ll vote Trump but not for my Rep Mark Greene. He should have stuck to retiring but instead he changed his mind and then Fs us with warrantless FISA.


44 posted on 04/17/2024 3:15:03 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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Perhaps the good Citizens of America should send a copy of the Constitution to their representative if they voted to kill the Impeachment.


52 posted on 04/17/2024 4:02:53 PM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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Both articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were deemed unconstitutional by the Senate

How can it be deemed "unconstitutional" by the Senate? It is in black and white in the Constitution. They are the tryers of fact. The Congress brings the articles of impeachment to the Senate and the Senate tries the case based on the articles to either convict or not convict.

The Democrats are blatantly ignoring the plain language and intent of the Constitution.

53 posted on 04/17/2024 4:03:15 PM PDT by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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What part of the constitution do democrats not understand?


54 posted on 04/17/2024 4:07:18 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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