Tonight history of a sort was made in Washington, DC. For the first time ever, Congress impeached a Cabinet Secretary - Alejandro Mayorkas, the Homeland Security Secretary. The vote was 214 to 213, three Republicans and all 210 Democrats voted "no."
Certainly it is true that the Senate, controlled by Mayorkas' party, will not convict him, may not even deign to notice the impeachment. However, Power Line's John Hinderaker writes something true about this action.
Mayorkas is in one sense a scapegoat: he is the instrument of, not the source of, Joe Biden’s open border policies. It is Biden who really should be in the dock, for violations of federal law as well as his constitutional duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Rather than faithfully executing our immigration laws, Biden has actively undermined and flouted them. So, yes–Joe Biden deserves to be impeached. But for now, we will settle for Mayorkas.
The Secretary might argue he was following presidential orders, but the "Nuremberg defense" won't work. Willful refusal to carry out immigration law seems treasonous, at least to me. Faced with a presidential order to disregard our laws, the only moral choice is resignation in protest.
