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

By Tiffany Meier
Tiffany Meier
Tiffany Meier
Tiffany Meier is a senior anchor, China news reporter, and producer for NTD News based at the network's global headquarters in New York City. Tiffany hosts NTD's prime time show "Tiffany Meier Tonight" as well as "China in Focus." She also co-moderates NTD's special election coverage "The Nation Decides." Tiffany produced the award-winning NTD Original documentary "Hollywood Takeover: China's Control in the Film Industry."
January 27, 2021Updated: January 27, 2021

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.

And Biden’s pick for Commerce Secretary says she’s open to amending Section 230. Trump had repeatedly called for Congress to repeal Section 230. The law protects Big Tech companies from liability over users’ content.

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