Impeachment

By David Swanson

George Mason (1725-1792), the father of the Bill of Rights (1791-2002), argued at the Constitutional Convention in favor of providing the House of Representatives the power of impeachment by pointing out that the President might use his pardoning power to “pardon crimes which were advised by himself” or, before indictment or conviction, “to stop inquiry and prevent detection.”

James Madison (1751-1836), the father of the U.S. Constitution (1788-2007), added read more

By David Swanson

The official list of cosponsors of H Res 333 to impeach Dick Cheney cannot be updated until July 10 when Congress gets back to Washington. But Congress Members can contact Dennis Kucinich’s office in the meantime and sign on. And citizens can encourage them to do so. In fact, this is the week in which you should visit your Congress Member’s district office and demand that he or she sign onto Kucinich’s articles of impeachment or introduce their own. And they read more

Impeachment in Kennebunkport
By David Swanson

Reverend Jesse Jackson said something recently that I’d like you to repeat after me:
Bush spied.
Cheney lied.
Far too many people have died.
It’s time they were tried.
It’s impeachment time.

I love coming to Maine, because the people here remember how democracy is supposed to work and what it takes to overthrow a King George.

I spoke on a national radio show yesterday about impeachment, and the host asked people to phone in and argue read more

Here’s an article in Sunday’s Boston Globe about impeachment, followed by a letter submitted to the Globe’s editor.

The ‘I’ word
Why a growing grassroots movement on the left wants to impeach the president — and why Democrats in Washington don’t even want to talk about it.
By Drake Bennett | June 24, 2007

FOR ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN it was the discovery, in late 2005, that the Bush administration had been monitoring Americans’ phone and email conversations read more

By David Swanson

In May of 2005 the Downing Street Memos came out, and some of us started a website and coalition called After Downing Street. And for many months we worked closely with Congressman John Conyers and many other Democrats in Congress, holding unofficial hearings, trying to pass resolutions of inquiry, and educating the public about impeachable offenses. But for the past year or so, including the past six months of Democratic majority, Congress Members have been much less interested read more

IMPEACH?

https://secure.ourfuture.org/tba07

TAKE BACK the right not to be illegally spied on.

TAKE BACK the right not to be picked up without charge and locked away to be tortured with no access to a lawyer, a trial, or your family.

The Impeachment Process: Join the Discussion

Monday, June 18, 2007, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in Room 1

How does impeachment work? What are the grounds for it? Is this where our energy should go? What are all of the arguments for and against? How could we really make read more

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPEACHMENT
By Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice

Why would we want a President Cheney? Or why would we want a new Republican who could run as an incumbent? Or why would we want a President Pelosi?

We propose impeaching Cheney first or together with Bush. The first Articles of Impeachment to be introduced (H Res 333) are addressed only to Cheney. Impeaching Cheney first ought to put the fear of a President Cheney to rest. But there remains the possibility read more

By David Swanson

Condoleezza Rice is refusing to comply with a subpoena to appear before Congress. The Justice Department is refusing to produce subpoenaed documents. Harriet Miers and Sara Taylor will almost certainly refuse to comply with subpoenas to appear. Dick Cheney has said that if he is subpoenaed he will not testify. Karl Rove has made his refusal to obey the law so clear that Congressional Committees that have approved subpoenas for him are afraid to actually issue them. The White read more

By David Swanson

“I have a choice. I can either stand by and lead my constituents to believe I do not care that the president apparently no longer believes he is bound by any law or code of decency. Or I can act.” — U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers

The latest version of the lengthy report on Bush and Cheney’s crimes produced by John Conyers’ staff on the House Judiciary Committee includes a foreword by former Congresswoman Liz Holtzman which ends read more

Listen here.

By David Swanson

Advocates for impeachment can take some measure of encouragement not just from the 85 cities and towns and 14 state Democratic parties that have passed impeachment resolutions, or the 11 state legislatures that have introduced them (Maine was #11 on Tuesday), but also from comments made Tuesday evening in Detroit by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers.

For about a year now there have been two Congressmen Conyers, the defender of our Constitution and the follower of Nancy read more

By David Swanson

Speech delivered at Town Hall meeting on impeachment at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, May 21, 2007.

It’s wonderful to be here with these speakers, and with Buzz Davis and everyone who put this event together. My grandparents lived for many, many years in Madison, and my dad grew up here and attended this university. So did some of my cousins, and I still have family here. My grandparents’ farm, in Middleton, is going to be a Wisconsin state park. But read more