HR 333

Written by: Robert E Fuller on Jun 19, 2007 2:06 PM EDT

I am asking folks to call their House members advocating co-sponsorship of HR333 calling for the impeachment of the Vice-President. To be followed quickly by the President. If we do not hold the President and Vice-President accountable for their illegal, unethical, irresponsible, and unconstitutional actions, every future executive will be free to act with impunity disregarding anything Congress or the American people desire. All the other 'issue' legislation you are advocating can just be ignored by the Executive Branch. Efforts short of impeachment are ineffectual and hollow gestures. Failure of the House to exercise its Constitutional duty in this matter is TREASON!

Impeachable offenses listed below committed by the President and Vice-President, any one of which could be grounds to impeach:

1. Launching an illegal war of aggression against Iraq in violation of the UN Charter ( a treaty obligation). And, we are concerned that without Congressional limits the President could do the same in Iran;
2. The president was declared a felon in federal court after Federal District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled last August that President Bush and the NSA were committing serial Class A felonies and violating both the First and Fourth Amendments by spying on Americans without first obtaining warrants;
3. Violation of U.S. and international law including the Geneva Conventions by authorizing the torture of captives;
4. There certainly is enough evidence to warrant impeachment proceedings against the Vice-President on grounds of treason for exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative;
5. Violating the U.S. Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans without charge or access to counsel and corresponding due process;
6. The use of indiscriminate and especially injurious weapons (white phosphorus, MK-77 firebombs, depleted uranium, cluster munitions) in civilian populations violates international law including UN conventions on weapons used in war;
7. Through the use of signing statements the President has violated U.S. law by defying the intent of Congress and the will of the people.
8. We are most concerned overall that the President is subverting the Constitution and abusing executive power by asserting a “Unitary Executive Theory” giving exceptionally unlimited powers to the Executive Branch thereby obstructing efforts by Congress an the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions.

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