Fwd: California Becomes Second State to Introduce Bush Impeachment

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California Becomes Second State to Introduce Bush Impeachment

 

By David Swanson

 

Joining Illinois, California has become the second state in which a

proposal to impeach President Bush has been introduced in the state

legislature. And this one includes Cheney as well.

 

California Assemblyman Paul Koretz of Los Angeles (where the LA Times has

now called for Cheney's resignation) has submitted amendments to Assembly

Joint Resolution No. 39, calling for the impeachment of President George

W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. The amendments reference

Section 603 of Jefferson's Manual of the Rules of the United States House

of Representatives, which allows federal impeachment proceedings to be

initiated by joint resolution of a state legislature.

 

The resolution, in the words of Koretz's press release, " bases the call

for impeachment upon the Bush Administration intentionally misleading the

Congress and the American people regarding the threat from Iraq in order

to justify an unnecessary war that has cost billions of dollars and

thousands of lives and casualties; exceeding constitutional authority to

wage war by invading Iraq; exceeding constitutional authority by

Federalizing the National Guard; conspiring to torture prisoners in

violation of the 'Federal Torture Act' and indicating intent to continue

such actions; spying on American citizens in violation of the 1978 Foreign

Agency Surveillance Act; leaking and covering up the leak of the identity

of Valerie Plame Wilson, and holding American citizens without charge or

trial. "

 

Koretz submitted amendments gutting AJR No. 39, a resolution unrelated to

impeachment, to the Assembly Rules Committee. The Rules Committee may

take up the bill this week for referral, allowing him to formally

introduce the amended resolution.

 

AJR 39 is a bill introduced in January by Koretz calling for a moratorium

on depleted uranium:

 

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ajr_39_bill_20060104_introdu\

ced.html

 

" At both the state and national levels, " Koretz said, " we will be paying

for the Bush Administration's illegal actions and terrible lack of

judgment and competence for decades-not only in the billions of dollars

wasted on the war and welfare for the rich, but in the worldwide loss of

respect for America and Americans. Bush and Cheney must be impeached and

removed from office before they undertake even deadlier misdeeds, such as

the use of nuclear weapons. There are no bounds to their willingness to

ignore the Constitution and world opinion-we can't afford to wait for the

next disaster and hope that we can survive it. "

 

 

For more inormation and to thank this American hero, contact Paul Michael

Neuman in Koretz's District Office: (310) 285-5490 paul.neuman

or go here:

 

http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a42/Contact.htm

 

 

Here is a kit to help with promoting this resolution and with passing

others in your towns and cities and states. Also on this page is

information on activities in other states and localities:

 

http://www.impeachpac.org/resolutions

 

Get organized in California to pass this bill!

 

http://pdamerica.org/statecaucus.php?s=CA

 

 

Illinois Legislators Were First to Introduce Bill for Bush Impeachment

 

Three members of the Illinois General Assembly have introduced a bill that

urges the General Assembly to submit charges to the U. S. House of

Representatives to initiate impeachment proceedings against the President

of the United States, George W. Bush, for willfully violating his Oath of

Office to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United

States and if found guilty urges his removal from office and

disqualification to hold any other office in the United States.

 

The Jefferson Manual of rules for the U.S. House of Representatives makes

clear that impeachment proceedings can be initiated by a state legislature

submitting charges. The state of Illinois is on its way toward forcing on

the House what not a single one of its members has yet had the courage to

propose: Articles of Impeachment.

 

The text of the Illinois bill and information on its status are available

here:

 

http://tinyurl.com/nhs3r

 

The bill takes up the issues of illegal spying, torture, detentions

without charge or trial, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, and the

leaking of classified information.

 

Please thank these sponsors of the bill:

 

Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough, phone (217) 782-8120 or (708) 615-1747; fax (708)

615-1745

 

Rep Sara Feigenholtz , phone (217) 782-8062 or (773) 296-4141; fax (217)

557-7203 or (773) 296-0993

 

Rep. Eddie Washington phone (217) 558-1012 or (847) 623-0060, fax (847)

623-6078

 

Here is a kit to help with promoting this resolution and with passing

others in your towns and cities. Also on this page is information on

activities in other states and localities:

 

http://www.impeachpac.org/resolutions

 

Get organized in Illinois to pass this bill!

 

http://pdamerica.org/statecaucus.php?s=IL

 

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