Give one infraction for which Bush and Cheney should be impeached?

Question

Please limit your answer to one only. But feel free to give as much detail on it as possible.

Answer 1

I'm going to paste the beginning of Dennis Kucinich's House Resolution 799 that contain articles of impeachment for VP Cheney... this will answer your question.

Article I
5 In his conduct while Vice President of the United
6 States, Richard B. Cheney, in violation of his constitu7
tional oath to faithfully execute the office of Vice Presi8
dent of the United States and, to the best of his ability,
9 preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the
10 United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty
11 to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has pur12
posely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the
13 citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating
14 a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify
15 the use of the United States Armed Forces against the
16 nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national secu17
rity interests, to wit:
18 (1) Despite all evidence to the contrary, the
19 Vice President actively and systematically sought to
20 deceive the citizens and Congress of the United
21 States about an alleged threat of Iraqi weapons of
22 mass destruction:
23 (A) ‘‘We know they have biological and
24 chemical weapons.’’ March 17, 2002, Press
25 Conference by Vice President Dick Cheney and

Answer 2

I want it have been plausible. Bush/Cheney have easily made a multitude of usa. worldwide opinion is merely beginning off to get better now by means of desire interior the drawing near election. Obama or Hillary could easily strengthen our status and impression between something of the worldwide (besides the fact that that's controversial how helpful the two could be). McCain ought to have a advantageous result as properly yet i'm much less particular of that. It relies upon if something of the worldwide sees McCain as a Bush clone or not. Bush/Cheney have 1000's of attorneys working for them so i could see it as next to impossible to can charge them with against the regulation in the subsequent 6 months. except they are hiding something quite unlawful it is by surprise made public. The gutless Democratic congress can't squeeze costs by way of and not employing a Bush veto so they gained't have adequate help to objective an impeachment. incredibly on account that Bush/Cheney have not been charged with against the regulation. enable's watch for the subsequent president and desire the present you may nonetheless depart without doing too a lot greater injury.

Answer 3

So many, so little time....but, here's a question for you: If Dick Cheney or George W Bush have even one share of stock in Halliburton, would you agree that holding secret meetings and awarding Halliburton a "no-bid contract" shows a distinct conflict of interest? What about the 3 billion bucks that was supposed to go to Halliburton but it just "disappeared". never to be found? Bush & Cheney have gotten very, very rich from this war with their connections to Texas Oil companies and contracts with Northern Iraq. What worries me now, is the damage Bush could do before his term ends.

Answer 4

The following was taken from this website: http://www.impeachbush.tv/impeach/offenses.html
The basis for impeachment comes from the US Constitution. Article II, Sec. 4 states that:

"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
The crimes of Treason and Bribery are fairly straightforward. But what are "high Crimes and Misdemeanors"? The framers of the Constitution deliberately borrowed this phrase from English parliamentary law. It was first used in 1386 to impeach the King's Chancellor. Michael de le Pole, Earl of Suffolk. He broke a promise to parliament regarding improvements in the King's Estate and also failed to pay ransom money for the town of Ghent.

Justice Joseph Story wrote in his Commentaries on the Constitution in 1833:

"Not but that crimes of a strictly legal character fall within the scope of the power; but that it has a more enlarged operation, and reaches, what are aptly termed political offenses, growing out of personal misconduct or gross neglect, or usurpation, or habitual disregard of the public interests, various in their character, and so indefinable in their actual involutions, that it is almost impossible to provide systematically for them by positive law."

A more recent writing reinforces the vague definition of an impeachable offense. In a House Judiciary sub-committee panel discussion on the Clinton impeachment, Rep. Charles Canaday, (R) Florida wrote:

"The House has never in any impeachment inquiry or proceeding adopted either a comprehensive definition of high crimes and misdemeanors or a catalogue of offenses that are impeachable. Instead, the House has dealt with the misconduct of federal officials on a case by case basis..."

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So, to answer your question... You can really impeach a President for anything you want if you have the support (as we saw with Clinton). So as far as "reasons" are concerned, I would go with "Faith based intitiatives" because it clearly defies the will of the people and the Constitution.

Answer 5

If there were any substantial charges the Democrats in Charge of the Congress would have found a way, as they did President Nixon, to charge him. They are getting more ground by lip service and unfounded charges by just letting it ride.

Added: The cool thing is that with the 110th Congress trying to play "King of the Hill" they are about to drag all the negative publicity away by poor Legislative policies.

Answer 6

Failing to uphold the constitution plain and simple. Plus they lied about Iraq and 9/11.

Answer 7

"impeachment" has taken this country by storm over the last dozen or so years. It was a ridiculous exercise with Clinton, and it would be even more so now.

Answer 8

By the time the impeachment would happen, they would be out of office. This should of happened before Bush so "conveniently" regained office for a second term.

Answer 9

Wow. Not one original thought. Except the douche bag. If that was a crime, I'm sure stinking poontangs will keep Hillary out of office.

Answer 10

They Blackmailed the Supreme Court...