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Dear List Members,
Last night I wrote to Francis Boyle asking permission to
post his "Impeachment Resolution Against President
George W. Bush" on CASI (Campaign Against Sanctions on
Iraq, UK). He wrote back,
"sure. that would be fine. and have a peaceful
protest at the US Embassy over there chanting
Impeach Bush, get a lot of news media attention. fb."
Everyone can hold protests and chant "Impeach Bush". And
people do - in Denmark, Sweden, Italy, France... all over
the world.
But only American citizens (or residents?) can get things
really going: Prof. Boyle is asking the public to contact
their own member of Congress urging him or her to introduce
articles of impeachment. He will assist any member of
Congress willing to go ahead. - For members of Congress, see:
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
Apparently it takes only one member to introduce articles
of impeachment, but many more to vote for impeachment,
leading to a trial in the Senate. And it will take one
million people (in the US), says Prof. Boyle, to peaceably
march the streets with signs banners, and voices shouting
"Impeach Bush!"
In the opinion of his peers, "Francis Boyle is one of
(if not The) foremost experts on international law".
Many Americans are very apprehensive about the curtailment
of their personal freedom since September 11, 2001. So in
Article I of Boyle's Resolution, George Walker Bush is
charged with the attempt
'...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.'
In Article III, George Walker Bush is charged with having
'...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.'
I imagine any step towards impeachment would throw a spanner
in the workings of the war machine.
But it would take great courage to campaign for impeachment.
Worth the effort?
Elga Sutter
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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
(personal comments only)
Impeachment Resolution Against President George W. Bush
by
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of Law
January 17, 2003
108nd Congress H.Res.XX
1st Session
Impeaching George Walker Bush, President of the United States, of
high crimes and misdemeanors.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January __, 2003
Mr./Ms. Y submitted the following resolution; which was referred
to the
Committee on Judiciary.
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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.
86, 102nd
Cong., 1st Sess., Jan. 16, 1991.)
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