shouldn't bush be impeached for executive directive 51 alone?

Question

it is a blatant violation of the constitution. it basically makes bush dictator indefinitely in the event of a catastrophe around election time.
here's the bill:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html

here's the constitution:
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html

TC, it's an executive directive -- it doesn't go through the congress

Answer 1

Sorry,it,s not going to happen...

Answer 2

I agree with MesyJes that our country doesn't need an impeachment right now but I don't agree that because we tried to impeach Clinton that our country lost it's patriotism. That happened back during the Viet Nam War when all the dope head hippies rebelled against everything, got young people killed at Kent State University and many cowards became draft dodgers (like Bill Clinton) rather than fight. No one likes war but don't stand up and flap your jaws and have all the freedoms you have here in America and then tuck tail and run away and hide somewhere else. The country has been spiraling downward ever since and I fear we will never see common sense or true patriotism again.

Answer 3

The problem is that this bill says no such thing. What it does is outline the duties of various members of the Government during a time of National emergency. Most likely a general attack on the Country or similar natural disaster. Try reading the directive instead of posting such BS. Let me guess, now you are going to accuse the President of planning to"staging" another attack like 9-11. How pathetic

Answer 4

No, he shouldn't.
Impeachment is the last thing our country needs right now.

I remember about 8 years ago when we decided we should impeach Clinton. He blatantly committed PERJURY, but I think impeaching him, destroyed our countries TRUE PATRIOTISM. Ever since then, everything is a he said/she said "gotcha" game, and it does nothing but HURT our country.

I PRAY FOR THE DAY WHEN WE ARE AMERICANS FIRST AGAIN.

Answer 5

One thing most people do not understand is that Executive Directives are subordinate to the US Constitution. for this Proposition see Article VI clause 2: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlevi.html

Go to this site and scroll down to Sources and Hierarchy of the law: http://www.lectlaw.com/files/env02.htm

See this site on HIerachy of Authority: http://www.nafsa.org/regulatory_information.sec/regulatory_document_library.dlib/agency_management_organization/hierarchy_of_authority

As you can see Bush's Directive is clearly subordinate to the US Constitution and the Constitutiion trumps the Directive. However, there are many other grounds for impeaching GW Bush . I will give you some sites:

Articles of Impeachment for GW Bush as of 2003: http://www.counterpunch.com/boyle01172003.html

26 Federal felonies committed by GW bush: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/crisis/legalstandards.pdf

Articles of Impeachment for GW bush: http://www.impeachbush.tv/impeach/articles.html

Ramsey clarke's Articles of Impeachment for GW Bush: http://www.impeachbush.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5054&news_iv_ctrl=1061

That should pretty much answer any and all questions.

Answer 6

This is only one of many things for which Bush could be impeached. The Democrats could easily use their majority in the House of Representatives to impeach Bush but they have chosen not to.

Answer 7

Yes, but nobody gives a damn about the Constitution anymore. Bush says it's just a damned piece of paper, and the Republicans back him up. Some Democrats do too.

You're right, it's an executive order that doesn't go to Congress.

Answer 8

If the Democrats were not backing him his entire 2 terms, he could have got impeached

Answer 9

Nope

Answer 10

You've been reading "A Nation of Sheep" by Andrew Napolitano, haven't you? So have I.... it's really shocking, and you're right. I do believe the threat of Islamic terrorism is a very real threat, and it should be addressed..... but I don't believe in these open ended laws that blur the limits of any one man's power.

Answer 11

Yes.

And, here are some further reasons from Gary Steven Coseri:

1. He lied us into war in Iraq. According to the U.S. media-ignored British "Downing Street Memo," he "fixed" intelligence around a pre-determined policy of preemptive war. Results: 100,000 Iraqi civilian deaths; about 1800 U.S. soldiers dead in two wars, 100s of thousands wounded and traumatized.

2. Under his watch, the U.S. suffered its worst terrorist attack on its soil. He opposed an official investigation, then stalled for months on testifying before a hand-picked committee. Finally testified behind closed doors.

3. He was "elected" under dubious circumstances in 2000.

4. He was "elected" under dubious circumstances in 2004.

5. He has approved (and his Attorney General Gonzales has re-defined) torture at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Bagram and elsewhere, while simultaneously opposing the International Criminal Court established to check such abuses. According to Amnesty International, the United States has established a Soviet-style "gulag" of torture around the world.

6. He failed to support the Kyoto Protocols, reducing greenhouse gases, but worked to open up Alaska's ANWR to drilling-despoiling an eco-system and increasing greenhouse gases.

7. He chose Halliburton toady Dick Cheney to be his running mate-twice.

8. He has attempted to pack the courts with ideologue-judges intent on overthrowing Roe v. Wade, and institutionalizing the police-state abuses of Patriot Acts I and II.

9.His "No Child Left Behind" education policies have replaced learning with testing and allowed military recruiters access to our schools, cajoling our children with military options before their minds have had a chance to open, question and challenge.

10.He is attempting to dismantle the Social Security system that has ensured "peace and freedom" for tens of millions of working Americans for seven decades ("peace" of mind and "freedom" from economic crises)-- rights hard-won by Labor and Progressives in decades-long struggles.

11. He has allied himself with Right-wing ideologues to curtail or abolish stem-cell research vital to the conquest of debilitating and fatal diseases.

12. He has failed to develop a coherent energy policy-except to prosecute wars for other peoples' resources. He fails to acknowledge the reality and impending disasters of Global Warming.

13. He has continued the Globalization project of his predecessors: outsourcing jobs, hollowing our middle class.

14. He has undermined the legitimate protective protocols of the C.I.A., politicizing the agency, awarding positions on the basis of ideological orthodoxy rather than merit and astute analysis.

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