Berkeley CA ballot initiative to impeach Bush, Cheney - can voters impeach?

John Gibson gets credit for effort, but he failed to shoot down guest Steve Freedkin, chairman of the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission. on The Big Story today 6/27/06. Gibson says the Peace and Justice Commission has introduced a ballot item for Berkeley voters to call for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney, not surprising from that "hot bed of liberalism."

Asked "what good" would that do, Freedkin first sets the record straight and says the ballot initiative is presented by a national organization, Constitution Summer, based primarily in law schools around the country. Their aim is to get a public conversation started so that people can start to understand the Constitution - what's in it, what are their rights, what is the balance of power, and how is this administration exceeding those.

Gibson asked for a list of the particulars, but interrupted after the first one to challenge Freedkin, saying he'd take them one at a time. This tactic served two purposes: first, it prevented Freedkin from reciting the laundry list of grievances, which sounds damning when heard (read) altogether:

1) illegal domestic spying in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the 4th Amendment;
2) misleading the country into a war of aggression in Iraq based on fraudulent claims;
3) indefinite detention, extraordinary rendition, and torture;
4) abuse of executive authority and subversion of the Constitution...

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Michael:

I don't know the answer; but as things evolve I believe someone will float to the surface. ;>)

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