Impeaching the President · Feb 6, 18:14 by David
Calls for impeachment are coming from important places these days. Places like the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. These committees are very important because if impeachment hearings were to begin, this is where they would start.
In the House a formal investigation from the judiciary committee has been launched. And in the Senate the republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Arlen Specter is mentioning the impeachment of the president as well.
The House investigation is in regards to the Iraq war and will “investigate the misconduct of the Bush Administration with regard to the Iraq war and report on possible impeachable offenses.” And the statements from the Senate leader pertained to the domestic spying issue.
This is not exactly breaking news; it’s simply underreported news.
Let’s all realize that impeaching President Bush is no longer a liberal pipedream. Our imperial president has not closed all channels of dissent and disagreement, we still have some checks and balances on presidential power. And the crimes of the Bush administration can no longer be hidden.
If we work for a Democratic majority in 2006, president Bush will likely not finish his term as president.
From the House Report “The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retributions and Cover-ups in the Iraq War.”:
“In brief, we have found that there is substantial evidence the President, the Vice-President and other high ranking members of the Bush Administration misled Congress and the American people regarding the decision to go to war in Iraq; misstated and manipulated intelligence information regarding the justification for such war; countenanced torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in Iraq; and permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of their Administration. There is at least a prima facie case that these actions that federal laws have been violated – from false statements to Congress to retaliating against Administration critics.”
“In response to the Report, I have already taken several initial steps. First, I have introduced a resolution (H. Res. 635) creating a Select Committee with subpoena authority to investigate the misconduct of the Bush Administration with regard to the Iraq war and report on possible impeachable offenses. In addition, I have introduced Resolutions regarding both President Bush (H. Res. 636) and Vice-President Cheney (H. Res. 637) proposing that they be censured by Congress based on indisputable evidence of unaccounted for misstatements and abuse of power in the public record. There are a number of additional recommendations in the Report that I expect to be taking up in the coming weeks and months.”
At least read the introduction of the report, it’s a real eye opener. View the Full Report Here.
