New Jersey Tea Party activists will not be allowed to proceed with their effort to recall U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez because no provisions of the federal Constitution allow for it, the state Supreme Court held on Thursday.

The Court, in a 4-2 ruling, also declared unconstitutional those parts of the state Constitution and the Uniform Recall Election Law (UREL) that allow voters to recall members of Congress.

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