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Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 582 U.S. ___ (2017), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that a company is not a "debt collector" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) if it purchased that debt and then attempts to collect from the debtor.
This triggers a federal impeachment trial in the United States Senate, which can vote by a 2/3 majority to convict an official, removing them from office. The Senate can also further, with just a simple-majority vote, vote to bar an individual convicted in a senate impeachment trial from holding future federal office.
Impeachment Two articles of impeachment related to racially inflammatory statements made as president that allegedly brought harm to American society and injury on the people of the United States Considered as a privileged matter on January 19, 2018 and the House voted 355–66 to table the resolution (with 3 additional members voting present ...
The trial in the Senate was scheduled to start on February 9. [2] At the trial in the Senate, 57 senators voted "guilty", which was less than the two-thirds majority needed (67) to convict Trump, and 43 senators voted "not guilty", resulting in Trump being acquitted of the charges on February 13, 2021. [3]
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Impeachment trials are further outlined in section three, clause six of Article One of the United States Constitution. The Constitution requires that a two-thirds majority vote "guilty" in order for an individual to be convicted and removed from office. [6] There is no process provided to appeal an impeachment verdict. [2]
Republicans will have an even smaller majority -- initially 219-215 -- when the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3 and lawmakers will decide whether to reelect Johnson as their leader.
The lawsuit, filed on March 19 in U.S. District Court in Southern Florida, accused Stephanopoulos of making the statements with malice and a disregard for the truth. It said the statements were ...