how come we not workin to impeach bush...and how many signitures do u need to make it work..?

Answer 1

Because the people who want to are being called "Un-
American Liberals" by a large group of people who can't differentiate between 'nationalism' and 'patriotism'.

However, you can go to http://www.care2.com/

They ought to have information about creating a petition and getting signiatures.

Reading through some of the answers below mine: You cannot compare Clinton with Nixon. It makes no sense whatsoever. Clinton did not recieve the amount of loathing from the genral public- Which Nixon most certainly gleaned in abundance.

There are plenty of grounds uppon which to impeach the current official in the white house (I am reluctant to say President). Also, there still seems to be the issue of defining 'nationalism' and 'patriotism'.

You can sign a petition and send it to your state senators or congressmen/women. Or write them letters.

Answer 2

You would have to have illegal charges brought up against the President in order to impeach him. It doesn't take signatures (you're confusing the Presidency with a political office where the person can be recalled - like Gray Davis in California), but a legal process. If you end up not liking a President that has been elected into office, well tough cookies. Unless he does something illegal, he's there for the four years.

And being impeached doesn't mean he'll be removed from office. There's a trial after the impeachment by Congress, and only two Presidents (Johnson and Clinton) have been impeached and tried. Both, however, were acquitted by the Senate.

Answer 3

Since there are more Republicans in office, and Bush is the Republican President, loyalty overshadows any wrongdoing. The first excuse, these Republican Congressman use is that we are in a war and it wouldn't look right to the other countries. Forget the fact that the President lied about weapons of mass destruction, and forget about the fact that there is a high unemployment rate here in the states, and forget about the fact that Iraq has oil, and Bush had/ or has connections to the oil industry. That is the reason you will never get impeachment on this President. If it was a Democrat, these same Republicans would be starting the process as quickly as they take handouts!

Answer 4

Extending authorities privilege previous the scope of the present constitutional regulation is an impeachable offense. Willfully mendacity to the yank public again and again about healthcare reform (truly plausible the bottom ingredient plausible) is an impeachable offense. identifying on to no longer implement latest immigration guidelines for political benefit is an impeachable offense. in case you seem on the sum entire of all the different scandals that handed off for the time of his administration, that is fantastically straightforward to go back up with causes to question, yet that ought to easily incite extra rioting. you spot, we stay in an "ends justify the skill" society the position actual and incorrect mean little compared to political correctness. If President Obama replaced into white and his schedule diverse, there should be relentless stress from the media to question. notwithstanding the mainstream media totally endorses the Obama schedule, so little if some thing adverse is suggested regarding this administration. truly, if Jonathan Gruber were operating for the Republican social gathering and a Republican President lied as blatantly to the yank human beings about some thing as deeply own as healthcare, how lengthy do you imagine he should be in place of work?

Answer 5

A President can only be impeached by Congress (not sure if it's either house or only one or the other) and Repubes are in charge in both. Only way to impeach is to vote Dems in, so do that in November.

Answer 6

People are working on this, in fact. Ramsey Clark has a website devoted to it. If you want it to happen, first we have to get a majority of Democrats in both the House and Senate--so start by working to get Democratic candidates elected.
By the way, Bush has subverted the constitution multiple times--there are PLENTY of grounds to impeach him. The idea that he is "clean" would be laughable if it weren't so tragic for our country.

Answer 7

can bush not be tried for a crime in connection with violating the eavesdropping law?..just wondering. personally I think the reason he is still in office is that Osama Bin Laden has not issued the order to have him removed from office...Osama would rather have a friend and business partner in the white house then some unknown cowboy who might actually look for him...So, until Osama gives the word, his puppet "The Smirk" Bush will remain dangling on a string...

Answer 8

Don't give him the extra airtime, pleeeease.
It doesn't stand a chance of working without an effective opposition majority. Impeachment is almost getting overused already.

Answer 9

The impeachment procedure is in two steps. The House of Representatives must first pass "articles of impeachment" by a simple majority. (All fifty state legislatures as well as the District of Columbia city council may also pass articles of impeachment against their own executives). The articles of impeachment constitute the formal allegations. Upon their passage, the defendant has been "impeached."

Next, the Senate tries the accused. In the case of the impeachment of a President, the Chief Justice of the United States presides over the proceedings. Otherwise, the Vice President, in his capacity as President of the Senate, or the President pro tempore of the Senate presides. This may include the impeachment of the Vice President him- or herself, although legal theories suggest that allowing a person to be the judge in the case where s/he was the defendant wouldn't be permitted. If the Vice President did not preside over an impeachment, the duties would fall to the President Pro Tempore.

In order to convict the accused, a two-thirds majority of the senators present is required. Conviction automatically removes the defendant from office. Following conviction, the Senate may vote to further punish the individual by barring them from holding future federal office (either elected or appointed). Despite a conviction by the Senate, the defendant remains liable to criminal prosecution. It is possible to impeach someone even after the accused has vacated their office in order to disqualify the person from future office or from certain emoluments of their prior office (such as a pension.) If a two-thirds majority of the senators present does not vote "Guilty" on one or more of the charges, the defendant is acquitted and no punishment is imposed.

Congress regards impeachment as a power to be used only in extreme cases; the House has initiated impeachment proceedings only 62 times since 1789 (most recently President Clinton), and only the following 17 federal officers have been impeached:

two presidents:
Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 after violating the then-newly created Tenure of Office Act. Johnson was acquitted of all charges by a single vote in the Senate.
Bill Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998 by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury to a grand jury (by a 228–206 vote) and obstruction of justice (by a 221–212 vote). Two other articles of impeachment failed — a second count of perjury in the Jones case (by a 205–229 vote), and one accusing Clinton of abuse of power (by a 148–285 vote). He was acquitted by the Senate.
one cabinet officer, William W. Belknap (Secretary of War). He resigned before his trial, and was later acquitted. Allegedly most of those who voted to acquit him believed that his resignation had removed their jurisdiction.
one Senator, William Blount (though the Senate had already expelled him and it may have been illegal, see above).
Associate Justice Samuel Chase in 1804. He was acquitted.
twelve other federal judges.
Source U.S. Senate

Many mistakenly assume Richard Nixon was impeached, but he wasn't. While the House Judiciary Committee did approve articles of impeachment against him (by wide margins) and did report those articles to the full House, Nixon resigned prior to House consideration of the impeachment resolutions. Both his impeachment by the House of Representatives and his conviction by the Senate were near certainties; Nixon reportedly decided to resign after being told this by a Republican Senator.

Nixon's first vice president, Spiro Agnew, also resigned rather than wait to be impeached for tax evasion and money laundering.

Answer 10

Where were you when Clinton was being Impeached, it was all good, impeachment is good for democracy I agree, but before you impeach someone you have to have proof of why your impeaching that person, NO PROOF NO IMPEACHMENT it’s really that simple, Clinton and Nixon both were two of a kind, Bush seems clean to me from what I read, of course I get my information from real newspapers and not hate filled propaganda website’s.