The petition
Massachusetts Resolution to Impeach Bush & Cheney
WHEREAS, the 1st Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the people a right to petition the government for a redress
of grievances; and,
WHEREAS, members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the United States Congress take an oath to support the Constitution; and,
WHEREAS, the United States Constitution provides a system of checks and balances that is designed to prevent the abuse of power by government and to preserve the power and freedom of the people; and,
WHEREAS, on December 17th, 2005, President George W. Bush publicly admitted to ordering the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance and information gathering on American citizens
in a manner that may have violated the constitution's 4th Amendment
prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures; and,
WHEREAS, George Bush on September 20, 2001 in a Joint Session of Congress announced a "War on Terror" in which he would have wartime
powers, and subsequently proclaimed that the War on Terror would have "no end," and who in a June 9, 2002 Presidential Order to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld acted to permanently strip Americans, through war with "no end," of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to legal counsel, without charge, based solely on the discretionary designation by the
President of a U.S. citizen as an "enemy combatant," which is a subversion of the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution and a violation of his oath sworn on January 20, 2000 "to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States"
and,
WHEREAS, Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who said in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on February 26, 2008 that "George Bush was elected President, not king" in that same speech called attention to evidence in the public record that "this administration has intentionally obstructed Congress' rightful and constitutional duties" has "undercut congressional investigators, has lied to Members of Congress, and has forged ahead with secret deals in
spite of efforts and pleas by Congress to be informed" and in an investigation by Representative Rohrabacher of a terrorist who
"currently resides in the United States and may well have had something to do with the bombing of the World Trade Center and the bombing of the Oklahoma City building" has shown "contemptuous disregard for the authority delegated to Congress by the Constitution"; and,
WHEREAS, there is evidence in the public record that President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney may have abused their executive power by deliberately providing misleading information to Congress and the public about the threat from Iraq in order to induce Congress to approve the use of military force; and,
WHEREAS, there is evidence in the public record that President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney may have authorized and condoned the detention of prisoners without access to courts and the torture of those prisoners in violation of the "Federal Torture Act" Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C.
WHEREAS, the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives has the power to investigate these, or any other charges of Executive misconduct, for which there is sufficient cause;
and,
WHEREAS, the United States Congress has the sole power to determine guilt or innocence, and whether these crimes rise to the level of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, through the Constitutional process of impeachment and a subsequent trial; and,
WHEREAS, future Presidents will effectively inherit any expanded powers of the current Presidency unless those powers are removed by
the process of impeachment before leaving office;
now, therefore, be it resolved:
That the Massachusetts House of Representatives hereby requests that the United States House of Representatives investigate these charges,
using the greater power that an impeachment investigation provides, and if their findings so warrant, proceed with the impeachment of
President George Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney; and,
That a copy of this resolution with the original authorizing signature of the Clerk of Massachusetts House of Representatives be sent to the Office of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and that copies of the signed resolution be sent to each member of the
United States Senate and House of Representatives.
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