Category Archives: Impeachment

I’m not deluded enough to think that Congress could find a way through the thicket and bring the Bush Administration to justice before the election this year. I agree with Nancy Pelosi and others that a move to impeach at this late date would be polarizing and the outcomes would be unpredictable. I do not [...]

This week the new FISA bill will come to a vote. It contains provisions to immunize telecommunications companies from liability for following the illegal orders of the President. The articles of impeachment that I’m detailing today relate to the President’s willful disregard for the law regarding surveillance of American citizens. It will be interesting to [...]

Article 23 VIOLATION OF THE POSSE COMITATUS ACT In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and [...]

(this is becoming dreary… three weeks of posting an average of one article of impeach a day… two weeks to go… the litany of high crimes and misdemeanors will continue to grow until the son-of-a-bitch is out of public life… nothing in this list of war crimes, crimes against humanity, breaches of faith with American [...]

Article 20 IMPRISONING CHILDREN In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his [...]

ARTICLE 18 TORTURE: SECRETLY AUTHORIZING, AND ENCOURAGING THE USE OF TORTURE AGAINST CAPTIVES IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, AND OTHER PLACES, AS A MATTER OF OFFICIAL POLICY In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, [...]

Article 17 ILLEGAL DETENTION: DETAINING INDEFINITELY AND WITHOUT CHARGE PERSONS BOTH U.S. CITIZENS AND FOREIGN CAPTIVES In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and [...]

Article 16 RECKLESS MISSPENDING AND WASTE OF US TAX DOLLARS IN CONNECTION WITH IRAQ CONTRACTORS In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend [...]