Is their sufficient evidence to impeach Bush and Cheney and remove them from office?

Question

What impeachable offenses have they committed?
If Congress had the political will to proceed with impeachment, are their "high crimes and misdemeanors" that are well-documented enough to justify it?

Answer 1

President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have committed violations and subversions of the Constitution of the United States of America in an attempt to carry out with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes and deprivations of the civil rights of the people of the United States and other nations, by assuming powers of an imperial executive unaccountable to law and usurping powers of the Congress, the Judiciary and those reserved to the people of the United States, by the following acts:

1) Seizing power to wage wars of aggression in defiance of the U.S. Constitution, the U.N. Charter and the rule of law; carrying out a massive assault on and occupation of Iraq, a country that was not threatening the United States, resulting in the death and maiming of over one hundred thousand Iraqis, and thousands of U.S. G.I.s.

2) Lying to the people of the U.S., to Congress, and to the U.N., providing false and deceptive rationales for war.

3) Authorizing, ordering and condoning direct attacks on civilians, civilian facilities and locations where civilian casualties were unavoidable.

4) Instituting a secret and illegal wiretapping and spying operation against the people of the United States through the National Security Agency.

5) Threatening the independence and sovereignty of Iraq by belligerently changing its government by force and assaulting Iraq in a war of aggression.

6) Authorizing, ordering and condoning assassinations, summary executions, kidnappings, secret and other illegal detentions of individuals, torture and physical and psychological coercion of prisoners to obtain false statements concerning acts and intentions of governments and individuals and violating within the United States, and by authorizing U.S. forces and agents elsewhere, the rights of individuals under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

7) Making, ordering and condoning false statements and propaganda about the conduct of foreign governments and individuals and acts by U.S. government personnel; manipulating the media and foreign governments with false information; concealing information vital to public discussion and informed judgment concerning acts, intentions and possession, or efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction in order to falsely create a climate of fear and destroy opposition to U.S. wars of aggression and first strike attacks.

8) Violations and subversions of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, both a part of the "Supreme Law of the land" under Article VI, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, in an attempt to commit with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes in wars and threats of aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq and others and usurping powers of the United Nations and the peoples of its nations by bribery, coercion and other corrupt acts and by rejecting treaties, committing treaty violations, and frustrating compliance with treaties in order to destroy any means by which international law and institutions can prevent, affect, or adjudicate the exercise of U.S. military and economic power against the international community.

9) Acting to strip United States citizens of their constitutional and human rights, ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to counsel, without charge, and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the Executive of a citizen as an "enemy combatant."

10) Ordering indefinite detention of non-citizens in the United States and elsewhere, and without charge, at the discretionary designation of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Defense.

11) Ordering and authorizing the Attorney General to override judicial orders of release of detainees under INS jurisdiction, even where the judicial officer after full hearing determines a detainee is wrongfully held by the government.

12) Authorizing secret military tribunals and summary execution of persons who are not citizens who are designated solely at the discretion of the Executive who acts as indicting official, prosecutor and as the only avenue of appellate relief.

13) Refusing to provide public disclosure of the identities and locations of persons who have been arrested, detained and imprisoned by the U.S. government in the United States, including in response to Congressional inquiry.

14) Use of secret arrests of persons within the United States and elsewhere and denial of the right to public trials.

15) Authorizing the monitoring of confidential attorney-client privileged communications by the government, even in the absence of a court order and even where an incarcerated person has not been charged with a crime.

16) Ordering and authorizing the seizure of assets of persons in the United States, prior to hearing or trial, for lawful or innocent association with any entity that at the discretionary designation of the Executive has been deemed "terrorist."

17) Engaging in criminal neglect in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, depriving thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and other Gulf States of urgently needed support, causing mass suffering and unnecessary loss of life.

18) Institutionalization of racial and religious profiling and authorization of domestic spying by federal law enforcement on persons based on their engagement in noncriminal religious and political activity.

19) Refusal to provide information and records necessary and appropriate for the constitutional right of legislative oversight of executive functions.

20) Rejecting treaties protective of peace and human rights and abrogation of the obligations of the United States under, and withdrawal from, international treaties and obligations without consent of the legislative branch, and including termination of the ABM treaty between the United States and Russia, and rescission of the authorizing signature from the Treaty of Rome which served as the basis for the International Criminal Court.

Answer 2

Impeaching a president requires votes not evidence, and the votes are not there in either the house or the senate. Andrew Johnson was impeachment was
"That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, on the 21st day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1868, at Washington, in the District of Columbia, unmindful of the high duties of his office, of his oath of office, and of the requirement of the Constitution that he should take care that the laws be faithfully executed"
This could apply to a lot of Bush's actions.

Answer 3

There are no impeachable offenses.

If there were, the Democrats would of already
pursued it.

Disagreeing with an administrations policies does not mean the administration is doing something wrong.

There will be a new administration soon and regardless of which party it is we should not do straight into bashing mode as this hurts the entire country and makes us weak.

People should work to keep the nation strong and do what is best for the nation and not what is best for a party or political cause. Too many people have lost site of what the real important things are.

Politicians are not important. The Constitution is important, a strong U.S. is important, a strong military is important, keeping government spending & taxation down is important, returning much of what the federal government does back to the individual states is important, protecting our borders and enforcing our immigrations laws is important, respecting & understanding our Founding Fathers and carrying on their vision is important, keeping capitalism roaring and our economy strong is important and having all Americans unite to fight our enemies and defend our freedoms is important.

God Bless America

Answer 4

If congress wanted to waste their time removing an impotent lame duck president instead of running they country they could. In fact, impeachment is a political process, not a criminal process so any President could be impeached.

Answer 5

there is no credible evidence to impeach them for lying to the American people. However there is much to answer for regarding the day of the attack on the World Trade Center and others. Also Rice needs to be included as well the heads of all the secret acronyms in our bureaucratic mess of a government.

Answer 6

Listen to this and listen well. If in fact anyone had anything solid to impeach Bush and Cheney on, it would have been as good as done. It's already been shown that it's very easy to impeach someone, Slick Willy knows that quite well. Hatred for Bush has become so bad, that people are getting the Lynch mob hysteria and grasping at straws to get him impeached.

Answer 7

*sigh* Why do people waste their time with this? You're just butt hurt because your boyfriend Bill Clinton was caught with his cigar in a humidor that wasn't his wife!

What you want is called a "witch hunt". A witch hunt is taking an innocent person and convicting him or her of whatever crime you desire - in this case IMPEACHMENT - based on made up evidence. This is something I would not wish on anyone.

So please, find something useful to do with your spare time.

P.S. You're not living up to your Avatar name.

Answer 8

1. Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "War of Aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths and also subjecting the Iraqi people to over 1 million deaths, occupation and a free for all for this antiquities and infrastructure.

1a Proof that the war was pre planned see "Downing Street Memo" and 2, Project for A New American Century (PNAC)

2. Violating U.S. and international law by authorizing the torture of thousands of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths, and keeping prisoners hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Proof: Abu Ghraib ,

3. Violating the Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans, without due process, without charge, and without access to counsel. Proof: Extraordinary Rendition cases


4. Violating the Geneva Conventions by targeting civilians, journalists, hospitals, and ambulances, and using illegal weapons, including white phosphorous, depleted uranium, and a new type of napalm.

5. Violating U.S. law and the Constitution through widespread wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant. Proof: FISA laws

6. Violating the Constitution by using "signing statements" to defy hundreds of laws passed by Congress. Proof: see any mainstream news reports

7. Violating U.S. and state law by obstructing honest elections in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. Proof: research owners of the voting machines, and their ties to the Bushes

8. Violating U.S. law by using paid propaganda and disinformation, selectively and misleadingly leaking classified information, and exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative working on sensitive WMD proliferation for political retribution. Proof: The official Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that government agencies have spent about $1.6 billion over the years on PR and advertising contracts. (overseas also)

9. Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential power by asserting a "Unitary Executive Theory" giving unlimited powers to the President, by obstructing efforts by Congress and the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions, and by promoting and signing legislation negating the Bill of Rights and the Writ of Habeas Corpus. Proof: all over the news do your research

10. Gross negligence in failing to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina . More money building bases in Iraq then building back the Gulf. No proof needed

11) 9/11

12) Open borders

Answer 9

Well who cares about impeaching them now they suck royal *** but look we only have to put up with them for another 10-11 months and we are done with it. If we survived the last 7 years I guess what is another sorry *** 11 months. I know it sucks I mean all Clinton did was get a little head and our country was just fine, crime and violence was at an all time low, there was no war, unemployment was on its way to nonexistence, our people here were okay, now look at this pandemonium we have here. It cannot be fixed in 11 months, whoever is in office next may just need a third term so they can fix all Bush's mistakes and get us back where we were at. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to vent, it felt good!!!
~~Melissa

Answer 10

Bush's last term expires in a year, so starting the protracted impeachment process would get him out of office no sooner. It would be a big waste of time and effort for the Congress, who have better things to do.

Answer 11

No, if there was enough evidence the Democratically controlled house would have jumped all over that. All that talk is just extreme leftist politics and even the most extreme Dems in congress have not suggested this. And don't get me wrong I dislike the Iraq war and the reasons for going there, I like Ron Paul. But Bush is not a "war criminal" or anything even close to that. It's just nonsense from the we hate Bush crowd.