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10 Reasons to impeach Bush

10 Reasons to Impeach Bush Now

Making the case to impeach any government official, especially of course the president is not an easy one. Securing a conviction on an impeachment is harder still. Just bringing charges against an official is rife with political implications and carries risks to the accusers, particularly so if it is the President that they are after. So it is a course not to be taken lightly.

No one knows the true motivations of the Rep. Dennis Kucinich in bringing impeachment articles against Vice President Cheney and President Bush, but he does not have a lot of support behind him from his fellow Democrats.

If you read the current 35 articles of impeachment you will realize that many do not have enough evidentiary substance to stand muster; a choice few may be considered to be high crimes and misdemeanors – a vague classification at best.

Impeachment by definition requires an act of treason, bribery, and high crimes and misdemeanors. It is hard to make the argument that Bush is acting against the U.S.’s best interests, even if he is accomplishing his goals by re-interpreting the Constitution, certainly something not within his purview as president. If there are acts of bribery taking place these have been, thus far, hidden from the public view and internal investigations. But what are high crimes and misdemeanors? What constitutes “high” anyway?

It is true that President Bush has chosen to extend his executive powers, arguably beyond the boundaries of his office. However, many of Rep. Kucinich’s claims against him will fail simply due to the fact that it was Congress that provided Mr. Bush with the leeway he sought; in other words they gave him permission. But time will tell if any of these so called violations, some listed below, will actually hold up in a court of law:

Reason #1: Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment. This policy should be overturned and thrown out.

Reason #2: Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely and Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives. Foreigners are not protected as U.S. citizens are, so only U.S. citizens should be afforded due process.

Reason #3: Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of H. J. Res114. This could be seen as splitting hairs, but only Congress can declare war, even if the authorization was already there.

Reason #4: Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency. If Mr. Bush knew that Karl Rove was responsible, his loyalty to the man could be his downfall.
Reason #5: Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them against Their Will to “Black Sites” Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture. Going against the Geneva conventions undermines the U.S. position on human rights and we should never seek to torture any human being. The President must enforce this policy to the full extent.

Reason #6: Imprisoning Children – These brainwashed children are indeed enemy combatants, but are victims and should be treated as such.

Reason #7: Creating Secret Laws – The Office of Legal Counsel has concluded, among other things, that the Fourth Amendment does not apply to domestic military operations, does not provide constraints on the military detention of citizens, is not applicable to the boarding and searching of foreign ships, and does not impede the President’s authority to render U.S. detainees to the custody of foreign governments. The law that governs the government’s ability, in intelligence investigations, to conduct wiretaps and search the homes of people in the United States has also been established. These revelations came to light way past their initial passage and should have been held up to public scrutiny. Is this impeachable or just bad timing?

Reason #8: Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. The Posse Comitatus Act is designed to prevent the military from becoming a national police force. Despite the Posse Comitatus Act’s intent, President Bush has used military forces for law enforcement purposes on border patrol and surveillance on civilians within the United States.

Reason #9: Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply. Executive privilege and the 5th Amendment abuse may prove to be of a criminal nature.

Reason #10: Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Mr. Bush would have to have knowledge of illicit activity surrounding the mishandling of votes for the presidential election of 2000.

Doug concerned again

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