On what U,S constitutional grounds could neo-con Bush be impeached and put in Irons for his Illegal war ?

Question

in Iraq?got to be some,lets here the facts ,,,,or?

Answer 1

"...there is growing evidence that the President deliberately misled this country into war in Iraq."

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060130/holtzman

President Bush chose to use the Niger Uranium 'evidence' even in spite of the fact that his advisers told him that it wasn't sound intelligence.

Colin Powell chose to omit the Niger Uranium evidence when he spoke before the U.N. because he knew also that it wasn't sound intelligence.

Then there is the illegal warrant-less wiretapping of American citizens that is a crime against the constitution of the U.S..

Read the above article it's all there!

If this were a Democrat President doing these things against the constitution we both know that Republicans would be and should be calling for impeachment, no President is above the constitution!

Answer 2

Ricarh Nixons articles of impeachment could be used with a few small changes.

The main charges are lying to get the US into a war, using other government agencies, and spying, wiretapping which is inconstitutuional. The problem is you would have Cheney become president and nobody wants that.

And you really need a "deepthroat"(watergate)/whistleblower.

http://watergate.info/impeachment/impeachment-articles.shtml

John Dean(of the watergate era) has some great articles out there.

Answer 3

regrettably, i'm questioning they (our modern-day & former leaders) are all tousled! i understand no straight forward answer yet we only can't play via the "regulations" anymore while no person else does & it rather is what gets our butts kicked. we start to do something & do no longer end it. i think of the United countries stinks! they're all corrupt & it rather is time for the subject-loose man or woman to be waiting to be interior the management seat. somebody without connection to grease, or somebody no longer seeking to kick butt to make dad experience better. We do & will continually ought to stay steps earlier to the nut case terrorists & defend our land & human beings. The commerce towers grow to be an act of conflict so we did have the area to guard ourself. It grow to be no longer "anticipation of self-protection"!

Answer 4

The Bush Supporter has morphed into
a bizarre new creature as well getting
further and further from reality.

They are terrified, and it is palpable.

They are listening to Prezl and his minions speak
of a world that is not this solid one - we all live in -
but a make-believe one that they want desperately.

The Dubya believers have responded to their phobiae
and the fear mongering of the Bushites for so long that
the reality of Cheney and his gang is not registering.

It is like watching the chimp on the
Nature Channel whose infant has died,
and she still carries it around, nurturing its
limp lifeless body, unable to accept the obvious

Answer 5

He's done a lot more impeachable things outside of the war. Warrantless wiretaps/opening people's mail, corruption in contracting, the 'secret' energy plan, signing statements, the 'unitary' executive doctrine', Plamegate, interference by the Justice Dept. in the suit against Big Tobacco, massive coverup to protect Karl Rove, arrest and 'disappearance' of US citizens without charges or due process, firing US attorneys who wouldn't investigate fake 'voter fraud' as an attempt to intimidate legitimate voters. Various examples of favoritism, nepotism, cronyism, some involving billions of dollars. Various breaches of international treaties which the Constitution requires him to uphold. Various uses of 'state secrets' and 'executive privilege' to cover up crimes in his administration. And basically trying to use every single agency of government for political purposes. Not enough room here to count them all!

For the war there's not as much, since as others have pointed out, Congress did authorize him to use force (but if you read that bill it's not quite as clear-cut as Bush makes it sound. For instance it doesn't authorize him to stay in Iraq indefinitely once Saddam is out, Iraq is 'sovereign' and has a 'democratic' govt., as it does now).

But the whole war was based on lies, and committing our troops based on lies is a crime. Also there is the new doctrine of 'preventive' (not 'pre-emptive') war, which is one one of MANY international laws Bush has broken. Also ordering torture, targeting civilians, using unaccountable mercenaries, fraud and graft in contracting, tens of billions unaccounted for. Lying about progress. Lying about deaths (like Pat Tillman's death). Controlling the news that Americans have a right to know.

Answer 6

too little space for so many facts.
38 impeachable offenses safely, again
same amount yet worthwhile investigating.

Answer 7

easy, find a link between the war and bush's bank account. war profiteering is ILLEGAL! (more illegal than getting a bj from some intern!)

Answer 8

Go for the easy charge of authorizing the illegal wire tapping.

It has been ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court and has been admitted to by the pres.

Answer 9

Start at the beginning, it's not an illegal war. It might not be right or justified, but it is not against the law.

In the same train of thought, Bush hasn't broken any laws, so the are no grounds for impeachment. You may not like what he is doing, (I don't'), but no laws have been broken.

And the the most compelling reason to stop the impeachment talk is that Dick Cheney would become president. Is that what you really want?

Answer 10

How do you get that the Iraq war is illegal? Did Bush not go to Congress and the Senate to get a Declaration of war? Did not the Congress and Senate approve going to war? Did not Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Mertha, Harry Read, and the biggest part of the Democrats vote for it? Did not the United Nation approve it by the seventeenth resolution against Iraq's Saddam Hussein? Did the Democrats say the same things that Bush did before he said them? So if you want to impeach President Bush for going to war in Iraq. Shouldn't we impeach the rest of those that voted for going to war in Iraq?