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Thread #87417   Message #1634356
Posted By: GUEST,AR282
24-Dec-05 - 12:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: Should Bush be Impeached???...
Subject: RE: BS: Should Bush be Impeached???...
Article II Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution:

"The President, Vice President and civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

Treason is defined in Article III Section 3 as:

"Treason against the United States, only in levying War against them, or in adhering to the Enemies, giving them aid and comfort."

So by levying war on a nation under false pretexts, Bush has, by constitutional authority, committed an act of treason which is an impeachable offense.

The sixth article of the Bill of Rights states:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath of affirmation, and particlularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Here, the 4th amendment tells us that when no warrant is issued, there is no probable cause and when there is no probable cause, the search is then considered "unreasonable."

What is at issue here is whether this should be considered impeachable should this amendment be vilated (and clearly Bush has violated it). I believe it will be found so because Article II Section 4 is open-ended about what is impeachable. Clearly when a president's oath is to protect the Constitution, a violation of that oath would certainly fall under offenses impeachable.

For Congress to refuse to look into this would be crminal on their part. And the best way for the republicans to take the wind out of the democrats' sails is to imprach Bush themselves and give him a good pee-pee whacking, i.e. "We'll overlook it this time, but don't do it again!" That would likely satisfy most Americans and they simply won't have the patience to sit through another impeachment process should the dems take Congress. In fact, the whole scheme is so Rovian in nature, I wouldn't be surprised if he engineers something like that.