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From: Boyle, Francis
To: 'Mark Graffis'
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: FW: HELP!: Impeach Bush
Importance: High
Dear Colleagues:
Several Members of Congress are on the brink of putting these draft
Bills of Impeachment into the House against Bush, Cheney and Ashcroft. We do
not have much time before this war starts. I would ask you all to contact
your own MOC and ask him/her to put these Bills in. Also, if you have any
personal contacts with MOCs and their staffers, please use them. I am
standing by here to give free Counsel to them all. Thanks. Francis.
Copyright 2003 States News Service
States News Service March 5, 2003 Wednesday
HEADLINE: Congressional Democrats Looking to Impeach Bush
BYLINE: By David Enrich States News Service
DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: Ever since President Bush's controversial victory
in the 2000 election, die-hard Democrats have dreamed of impeaching the
president. Now some Democrats in Congress are preparing to do exactly that
-- introduce articles of impeachment against Bush and perhaps members of his
Cabinet, according to lawmakers and congressional aides. Over the past few
weeks, some of the most liberal members of the House have discussed the
possibility of impeaching Bush. Talks have intensified this week, lawmakers
say, largely because war with Iraq appears imminent. At least one senior
House Democrat has produced a draft impeachment resolution. It accuses Bush,
Vice President Dick Cheney and Attorney General John Ashcroft of more than a
dozen "high crimes and misdemeanors," including bombing civilians in
Afghanistan, constitutional violations in the domestic war on terrorism, and
"threatening the independence and sovereignty of Iraq." Rep. Danny K. Davis,
a Chicago Democrat who has discussed impeachment with his colleagues in the
congressional black and progressive caucuses, said an impeachment resolution
probably would be introduced in the event of "a full-fledged military
effort" that occurs without new congressional war resolutions. The House and
Senate last year overwhelmingly authorized the use of force against Iraq if
it does not comply with United Nations disarmament resolutions. "There are
some [lawmakers] who obviously are more eager to jump hard, and then there
are others who probably aren't even thinking this way at all" about
impeachment, Davis said. "I'd probably be in the middle." White House
spokesman Scott Stanzel said he had no comment on the impeachment
resolutions that are under discussion. Some lawmakers and aides who are
involved with the drafting of impeachment resolutions say they don't expect
to actually impeach the president. Instead, they say their goal is to
express their outrage with the administration's foreign and domestic
policies. While only two presidents -- Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton --
have ever been impeached, congressional resolutions outlining articles of
impeachment are less rare. Sometimes they are introduced for purely
political reasons, said Stephen Hess, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan
Brookings Institution. "I'd consider this one on the frivolous side," Hess
said. "Impeachment is not the appropriate vehicle for political
argumentation, and that's what this is." Among the most vocal proponents of
impeaching Bush are former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Francis A.
Boyle, a law professor at the University of Illinois. They both helped craft
an impeachment resolution that was introduced in Congress against the elder
President Bush on the eve of the first Gulf War. Working independently,
Clark and Boyle say they have distributed sample impeachment resolutions to
small groups of antiwar Democratic lawmakers and their aides. They say they
expect at least one lawmaker to introduce an impeachment resolution in the
House. "It's under active review by several members of Congress," Boyle
said. "It's going to take someone with courage, integrity and a safe seat to
do this." Few Democrats involved in the impeachment discussions will talk
about them publicly. Rep. Maxine Waters of Los Angeles would say only that
she and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are
"considering a lot of different strategies ... by which to create a real
voice of opposition to war." "The evidence of an imperial presidency almost
grows daily," said another Democratic lawmaker, who said he would vote to
impeach Bush. Other Democrats say they have rejected entreaties to join the
impeachment campaign. "I'm not interested. I think it would be destructive
for this country. This country needs healing, and that's why I'm running for
president," said Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich of Cleveland, the Progressive
Caucus chairman. Boyle said Kucinich's refusal to be involved in the
impeachment planning was politically motivated. "I think Kucinich might have
done it if he had not decided to run for president," Boyle said. "I guess he
concluded that might hurt his run for president." But Kucinich is not the
only antiwar Democrat steering clear of impeachment. "There have been people
asking, and I have so far declined," said Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington,
who was widely condemned last year for visiting Iraq. "It's really premature
until we go to war. Then we'll have to see." "I think impeachment is a
distraction, but I do respect my colleagues who believe that is the way to
go," said Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo. "I think it demonstrates the angst of
the members of Congress who have watched the of this administration's
policies."
Impeachment Resolution Against President George W. Bush
by
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of Law
January 17, 2003
108th Congress H.Res.XX
1st Session
Impeaching George Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high
crimes and misdemeanors.
_______________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January __, 2003
Mr./Ms. Y submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Judiciary.
________________________________________________
A RESOLUTION
Impeaching George Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high
crimes and misdemeanors.
Impeaching George Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high
crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That George Walker Bush, President of the United States is
impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles
of impeachment be exhibited to the Senate:
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the
United States of America in the name of itself and of all of the people of
the United States of America, against George Walker Bush, President of the
United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment
against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE I
In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute
the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, has attempted to impose a police state and a
military dictatorship upon the people and Republic of the United States of
America by means of "a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations" against the
Constitution since September 11, 2001. This subversive conduct includes but
is not limited to trying to suspend the constitutional Writ of Habeas
Corpus; ramming the totalitarian U.S.A. Patriot Act through Congress; the
mass-round-up and incarceration of foreigners; kangaroo courts; depriving at
least two United States citizens of their constitutional rights by means of
military incarceration; interference with the constitutional right of
defendants in criminal cases to lawyers; violating and subverting the Posse
Comitatus Act; unlawful and unreasonable searches and seizures; violating
the First Amendments rights of the free exercise of religion, freedom of
speech, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government for redress of
grievances; packing the federal judiciary with hand-picked judges belonging
to the totalitarian Federalist Society and undermining the judicial
independence of the Constitution's Article III federal court system;
violating the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions and the U.S. War Crimes
Act; violating the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and
the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination; reinstitution of the infamous "Cointelpro" Program;
violating the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention
against Torture, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; instituting
the totalitarian Total Information Awareness Program; and establishing a
totalitarian Northern Military Command for the United States of America
itself. In all of this George Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to
his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the
great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury
of the people of the United States.
Wherefore George Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and
trial, and removal from office.
ARTICLE II
In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute
the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, has violated the Equal Protection Clause of the
Constitution. U.S. soldiers in the Middle East are overwhelmingly poor
White, Black, and Latino and their military service is based on the coercion
of a system that has denied viable economic opportunities to these classes
of citizens. Under the Constitution, all classes of citizens are guaranteed
equal protection of the laws, and calling on the poor and minorities to
fight a war for oil to preserve the lifestyles of the wealthy power elite of
this country is a denial of the rights of these soldiers. In all of this
George Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President
and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the
cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the
United States.
Wherefore George Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and
trial, and removal from office.
ARTICLE III
In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute
the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, has violated the U.S. Constitution, federal
law, and the United Nations Charter by bribing, intimidating and threatening
others, including the members of the United Nations Security Council, to
support belligerent acts against Iraq. In all of this George Walker Bush has
acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of
constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and
justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore George Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and
trial, and removal from office.
ARTICLE IV
In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute
the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, has prepared, planned, and conspired to engage
in a massive war and catastrophic aggression against Iraq by employing
methods of mass destruction that will result in the killing of hundreds of
thousands of civilians, many of whom will be children. This planning
includes the threatened use of nuclear weapons, and the use of such
indiscriminate weapons and massive killings by aerial bombardment, or
otherwise, of civilians, violates the Hague Regulations on land warfare, the
rules of customary international law set forth in the Hague Rules of Air
Warfare, the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol I thereto, the
Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles, the Genocide Convention, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10
(1956). In all of this George Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to
his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the
great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury
of the people of the United States.
Wherefore George Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and
trial, and removal from office.
ARTICLE V
In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute
the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, has committed the United States to acts of war
without congressional consent and contrary to the United Nations Charter and
international law. From September, 2001 through January, 2003, the President
embarked on a course of action that systematically eliminated every option
for peaceful resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis. Once the President
approached Congress for consent to war, tens of thousands of American
soldiers' lives were in jeopardy - rendering any substantive debate by
Congress meaningless. The President has not received a Declaration of War by
Congress, and in contravention of the written word, the spirit, and the
intent of the U.S. Constitution has declared that he will go to war
regardless of the views of the American people. In failing to seek and
obtain a Declaration of War, George Walker Bush has acted in a manner
contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional
government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to
the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore George Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and
trial, and removal from office.
ARTICLE VI
In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute
the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, has planned, prepared, and conspired to commit
crimes against the peace by leading the United States into aggressive war
against Iraq in violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter, the
Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles, the Kellogg-Brand Pact, U.S.
Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956), numerous other international treaties and
agreements, and the Constitution of the United States. In all of this George
Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and
subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause
of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United
States.
Wherefore George Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and
trial, and removal from office.
(In memory of Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez - R.I.P. - and H. Res. 34/ 86,
102nd Cong., 1st Sess., Jan. 16, 1991.)
Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954(voice)
217-244-1478(fax)
fboyle@law.uiuc.edu
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