impeachment

For those interested in accountability and perhaps the rule of law

When Congress returns to Washington on 1/15, Congressman Robert Wexler plans to present his fellow members of the House Judiciary Committee with the list of 160,000+ signatures on his petition at http://www.wexlerwantshearings.com and a
request to join him in signing a letter to Chairman John Conyers asking for Cheney impeachment hearings to begin.

We're trying to organize all pro-impeachment organizations to Email their members on 1/15 or in the morning on 1/16 asking them to make 1/16 a national call-in day on impeachment. We need everyone to call their member of Congress, especially if their member is on the House Judiciary Committee, and ask for support for Cheney impeachment hearings.

It's an easier ask than signing onto articles of impeachment or introducing new ones, but we'd love for them to do both of those things. It's a harder ask than just more pointless non-impeachment investigations. The investigations have been done. The high crimes and misdemeanors are known and established. What we need is for every member of Congress to ask Chairman John Conyers to begin the Cheney impeachment hearings right away.

Optional: Ask your members once they've made that phone call to also phone and Email the media to ask for coverage of the impeachment movement.

Can you help? Can your organization send out this call?

More information: http://www.impeachcheney.org

While the US Declaration of Independance is not considered a "legal" document it is certainly a document that states the "spirit" of the people of the land upon which we live. Therefore in this time when publicly availible information such as the Downing Street Memo and the Torture Memos give probable cause and in my opinion prove the guilt of the Bush Administration; it is our right, it is our duty, "to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for our future security". It is long past time for the Senate and the Congress to act accordingly and impeach these criminals. We must let them know that we will demand that they do their jobs. All the people collecting all the petitions demanding impeachment will unite and we will get Bush and Cheney out of office and in prison where they belong. We cannot allow these criminals to finish their terms in office.

Petition Demanding members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives begin Impeachment Proceedings against George Walker Bush immediately.

Facts:

§ 2381 Treason: count one: Only secret orders from the Administration could account for the variance from documented standard procedure resulting in a stand down of forces on September 11, 2001. Count two: Mr. Bush was aware that two planes had hit the World Trade Center while he sat and read a story about a pet goat for about 20 minutes before he acted. Count three: While seated in the highest office of this land, being the ultimate ‘decider’ and supreme commander, his Administration allowed affluent Saudi citizens and relations of Osama Bin Laden to fly when domestic flight by U.S. citizens was prohibited. Count four: it is well within reason to be suspicious of the official story of the collapse of WTC building 7 and if it was done by explosive demolition, George Walker Bush has certainly been complacent and accomplice.

§1001(2)...false statements: count one: many reliable sources, such as UN weapons inspectors and U.S. intelligence officials had proven Bush Administration's allegation, that Saddam Hussein's possessed weapons of mass destruction were false. Count two: Bush and his Administration lied to the world about 9/11 connections between Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein such allegations were and are false. It can be proven without a doubt, that Bush and his officials lied often and purposefully to start a war of aggression, see the Downing Street memo etc. Not many people know that Iraq’s oil in now controlled by Oil Corporations who Bush and the Republicans gave large tax breaks to.

§2441. War crimes: count one: lying to the American people to justify a war of aggression. There was and is no proven connection between Saddam Hussein's government and 9/11,. Count two: violating international law and moral conscience by okaying the use of cluster bombs and depleted uranium bombs, indiscriminate bombing and killing of civilians, Bush has described himself as the "war president".

§1341. Frauds and swindles: count one: Bush and his Administration have okayed overpayments to weapons manufacture and defense contractor CEOs in violation of congressionally mandated policy and law.

§1901 carrying on trade and business in the funds of the U.S.: Count one: large election campaign donations had been given to the Bush campaign by energy sector corporations and individual energy company executives, secret meetings between oil company executives and Bush Administration officials occurred. Large tax breaks and environmental laws were relaxed which rewarded energy firms such as ENRON for criminally ripping off American consumers of energy products. Count two: A survey by the Union of Concerned Scientists found 150 climate scientists had personally experienced political interference in their work over the past five years

§1510. Obstruction of criminal investigations: count one: withholding of Secret service records indicating times and purposes of White house visits by Jack Abramoff. Count two: Cover up the Valerie Plame/Joseph C. Wilson IV incident. Count three: withholding the topics and content of secret meetings with oil industry executives.

§2340A(c)conspiracy to commit torture: count one: Administration memos redefining torture to allow cruel and unusual punishment and extraordinary rendition of captive persons in violation of US, international law and human conscience.

§222 of Title 47 of the Communications Act: telephone companies are prohibited from giving out information regarding their customers' calling habits. Federal judges have determined that the Bush Administration has violated the law by an illegal spying program contrary to FISA regulations requiring a warrant to be signed by a judge before such spying activities involving U.S. citizens are undertaken.

§2383 insurrection against U.S. authority or the laws thereof: Count one: involved in secret insider CIA workings, Skull and Bones affiliation and other connections and actions are proof that allegiance with certain persons and organizations have prevented George W. Bush from faithfully fo filling and executing his oath of office.

§208(a)acts affecting personal financial interest which have affected the integrity of his office: It is well known that George H. W. Bush is on the board of the Carlyle Group to this day and George Bush Sr. has does and will profit from war until he and his “War Lord” son are stopped. GWB is, was and will profit somehow from this war; why else on God’s Green Earth would a president allow defense contractor executives to rape the U.S. treasury and the American people?

§225 continuing a financial crimes enterprise: count one: Allowing and being part of a war profiteering scheme. The congress put limits on CEO and defense contractor pay and benefits to keep individuals from profiting from war, because the money used to protect our nation comes from every individual tax payer. See: § 2324. Allowable costs under defense contracts, FY 2001 -- $374,228, This determination is required to be made pursuant to Section 808 of Pub. L. 105-85. The average pay for defense CEOs was $11.6 million in 2004.

Conclusion

Article II Clause IV is the constitutional decree being the basis of this Petition. The authority of the laws themselves is supreme, greater than the authority of individual office holders. In a nation rich with democratic principle, based on constitutionality, no one is above the law, not even members of the President=s Administration, the Vice President, or even the President himself. This has been proven in cases such as: Clinton v. Jones 520 U.S. 681 (1997), and United States v. Nixon 418 U.S. 683 (1974).

After carefully reading the attached Petition, considering the facts, allegations and information supplied above, I, a signer of this petition, being a Citizen of the United States of America, expect my representatives to bring forward Articles of Impeachment against President George Walker Bush containing as many of the code violations indicated above as they see fit, at the soonest possible moment.

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