Do you WHEN the Dems get House and Senate they could/would/should?

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I M P E A C H B U S H
and on what grounds?

QUESTION; WHEN THE DEMS GET THE HOUSE AND SENATE , SHOULD/COULD/WOULD THEY IMPEACH BUSH? SORRY

Answer 1

I AM CONCERNED THAT the democrats may not have the courage. Although I am a Dem myself, I do not trust that they are capable of going for the jugular. So to answer:
COULD?
Grounds for Impeachment see Jay O'Connell and Mike Hersh
Feb 2, 2005
"What are our reasons or grounds for demanding impeachment?
GW Bush and ranking members of his administration committed high crimes while seeking and while in office. These crimes include: election fraud in 2000, illegal special favors for Enron and others (especially undue influence over the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), gross abuse of authority, lying under the Oath of Office, sponsorship and implementation of the illegal and unconstitutional "Patriot Act" and other abuses of the U.S. Constitution. "

SHOULD?
The fraudulent basis on which the President got us into the war in Iraq; the obvious criminality of the warrantless wiretapping; indefinite detention in violation of the Constitution; torture as a part of indefinite detention and other ways; special rendition and torture, which is the outsourcing of torture... All of these violate various laws of the US, and they also violate his oath office which he swears to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, and he’s doing just the opposite, he’s undermining the Constitution and attempting to destroy certain parts of it,” Goodman said.

Meanwhile, at least eight (8) US cities, including Arcata, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco, each in California; and Brookfield, Dummerston, Marlboro, Newfane, and Putney, each in Vermont, have passed resolutions calling for Bush’s impeachment.

The recent city resolutions in Vermont have directly led to US Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) having signed H. Res 635 on March 09, 2006, David Swanson, 36, Washington DC Director of ImpeachPAC, asserted in an interview with Atlanta Progressive News.

seems lots of support already

WOULD: I sure hope the DEMS can muster up the GUT to do it...


WE have to show the world that we are not BUSH, we do not think like him, we do not believe him, we abhor his poicies; and the majority of Americans think he is unworthy of office and that he has behaved autocratically. He has abused his mandate with clear lack of solicitude for anything other than fattening the pockets of the rich! The only way we can regain our international standing is to take very strong action against BUSH for his crimes. Bush is a danger to democracy in the USA. Bush is a danger to democracy in the USA.

Our congress with a democratic majority will HAVE to take a stand, when they gain the "Stand," their is simply o choice!

Answer 2

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.

Here are a few:

1.) Deception of Congress and the American Public

Committing a Fraud Against the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371)

Making False Statements Against the United States (18 U.S.C. § 1001)

War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148)

Misuse of Government Funds (31 U.S.C. § 1301)


2.) Improper Detention, Torture, and Other Inhumane Treatment

Anti-Torture Statute (18 U.S.C. § 2340-40A)

The War Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. § 2441)

The Geneva Conventions and Hague Convention: International Laws Governing the Treatment of Detainees

United Nations Convention Against Torture, and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: International Laws Governing the Treatment of Detainees

Command Responsibility (for known illegal acts of subordinates in the military)

Detainment of Material Witnesses (18 U.S.C. § 3144)

3.) Retaliating against Witnesses and Other Individuals

Obstruction Congress (18 U.S.C. § 1505)

Whistleblower Protection (5 U.S.C. § 2302)

The Lloyd-LaFollette Act, or "anti-gag rule" (5 U.S.C. § 7211)



Retaliating against Witnesses (18 U.S.C. § 1513)


4.) Leaking and other Misuse of Intelligence and other Government Information

Revealing Classified Information in Contravention of Federal Regulations (Executive Order 12958/Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement)

Statutory Prohibitions on Leaking Information (18 U.S.C. § 641, etc.)


5.) Laws Governing Electronic Surveillance

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (50 U.S.C. § 1801, et seq.)

National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. chapter 15)

Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. § 222)

Stored Communications Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. § 2702)

Pen Registers or Trap and Trace Devices (18 U.S.C. § 3121)


6.) Laws and Guidelines Prohibiting Conflicts of Interest (28 U.S.C. § 528, etc.)

Answer 3

how many reasons are available,, let the new Peoples House leaders decide which is the best course for America,, I trust Nancy Pelosi and Rev. Al Sharpton,, a lot more than Dennis Hastert, or John Bohner

Answer 4

If Saddam Hussein was an immediate and serious threat to America, as the White House claimed, then Bush might have been justified in invading Iraq. But it appears that Bush misled the public, the Congress and the UN by consistently overstating the threat from Iraq. By lying to Congress, Bush violated US Laws related to Fraud and False Statements, Title 18, Chapter 47, Section 1001 and Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Title 18, Chapter 19, Section 371.

Lie #1 - Uranium from Niger - Bush said "The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." in his State of the Union Address.
Lie #2 - Iraq and 9/11 - Bush led people to believe that Iraq was involved with 9/11 by repeatedly linking them in his speaches. This was so effective that at one point 70% of Americans actually believed Saddam was behind 9/11. Bush has since admitted that this was not true.
Lie #3 - Congress Knew - Bush has stated that Congress had access to all the same information that the White House had. Thus he should not be blamed for making the mistake of going to war. But Bush was briefed many times about the falsehood of various stories and this information never reached Congress. [ZNet]
Lie #4 - Aluminum Tubes - Bush, Cheney, Rice and Powell said that aluminum tubes Iraq attempted to buy were intended for use in a uranium centrifuge to create nuclear weapons. These were the only physical evidence he had against Iraq. But it turns out this evidence had been rejected by the Department of Energy and other intelligence agencies long before Bush used them in his speeches. [NYTimes] [MotherJones] [CNN]
Lie #5 - Iraq and Al Qaeda - Bush still insists that there was a "relationship" between Iraq and Al Qaeda. But the 9/11 Commission released a report saying, among other things, that there was no "collaborative relationship" between Al Qaeda and Iraq. The nature of the relationship seems to be that Al Qaeda asked for help and Iraq refused. Al Qaeda was opposed to Saddam Hussein because Saddam led a secular government instead of an Islamic government. [ZNet] [CNN] On 9/8/06 a Senate panel reported there was no relationship. [ABC]
Lie #6 - Weapons of Mass Destruction - Bush insisted that Iraq posessed weapons of mass destruction but his "evidence" consisted mostly of forged documents, plagiarised student papers, and vague satellite photos. The United Nations was on the ground in Iraq and could find nothing. After extensive searches Bush was finally forced to admit that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction.
Lie #7 - Mobile Weapons Labs - Bush and his team repeatedly claimed that Iraq posessed mobile weapons labs capable of producing anthrax. Colin Powell showed diagrams of them at his speech before the UN to justify invading Iraq. These claims originated from Curveball, a discredited Iraqi informer who fed Bush many of the stories related to WMD. On May 29, 2003, two small trailers matching the description were found in Iraq. A team of bio-weapons experts examined the trailers and concluded they were simply designed to produce hydrogen for weather balloons. But, for over a year, Bush claimed these were part of Iraq's bio-weapons program. The expert's report was suppressed and only recently made public. [WashPost]
Lie Factory - The Secret Propaganda Team - Bush wanted so much to convince people of the need to invade Iraq that the White House set up a secret team in the Pentagon to create evidence. The Office of Special Plans routinely rewrote the CIA's intelligence estimates on Iraq's weapons programs, removing caveats such as "likely," "probably" and "may" as a way of depicting the country as an imminent threat. They also used unreliable sources to create reports that ultimately proved to be false. [Mother Jones] [New Yorker] [Wikipedia]

Answer 5

They CAN, nothing is stopping them as long as they have the votes to impeach.

They SHOULD in my opinion.

I doubt they WILL however.

Answer 6

if dems take control in nov...there agenda will be...1..try to impeach the president...2...enact the draft...3...raise taxes...4... roll back tax cuts[charlie rangel announced].....5...re-deploy troops out of iraq...6...create more social programs so as to keep lazy shiftless able-bodied career welfare recipients on their voting rolls.....if they take over in november...GOD HELP THIS GREAT NATION!

Answer 7

Because he is responsible for killing 2700 American soldiers and 40,000 Iraqi citizens for absolutely no reason. Bin Laden was our foe, not those mentoned above and as far as we know he is still alive.

Answer 8

how do you catch any big crook that knows how to cover their tracks... follow the money...

Abramoff is by far the best shot...

Answer 9

If that happens be ready to see higher numbers--taxes, unemployment, interest

Answer 10

when? again?