why george w. bush should be impeached

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Impeachment is the direct constitutional means for removing a President , Vice President

or other civil officers of the United States who have acted or threatened acts that are serious

offenses against the Constitution , its system of government , or the rule of law , or that are

conventional crimes of such a serious nature that they would injure the Presidency if there was

no removal . The power of impeachment

is a vital part of the constitution . The power of

impeachment was placed in the Constitution to protect the Constitution and the people of

America from a lawless President

It is this writer 's belief that George W . Bush , President of the United States , should be

impeached based upon violation of the Articles of the Constitution 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

impunity crimes against peace , humanity and war crimes , 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 (See Appendix

It has become almost impossible to keep track of the President 's mistakes , blunders and

grave injustices . If you consider the acts he has committed and the damage he has done , this

would more likely be named a timeline of failure . I will dispel the first four years , as he was on

vacation during that time . The grassroots uprising that is occurring across the country to

impeach the President should have him worried . It doesn 't seem to , he doesn 't listen to members

of his party , much less the citizens of the country (The Great Melting Pot , 2005

Many cities and towns across the nation are calling for an impeachment of the President (Scarborough , 2006 ) Currently , eleven candidates for the House of Representatives and three for

the U .S . Senate are all running on the impeachment platform . Common reasons are cited or why

people want the President gone : The war in Iraq , which they say Bush lied to get us into

warrantless eavesdropping , authorized by the president the torturing of prisoners and the

president 's response to Hurricane Katrina . The President believes he is above the law , even

international law . The President was elected to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United

States , not protect the Presidency and his followers (Fineman , 2005

Two legal arguments have been offered for the President 's right to violate the law , both of which have been seriously questioned by members of Congress of both parties and by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service in a recent analysis . The first--highly dangerous in its sweep and...