[Sosfbay-discuss] IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION PROPOSAL

[Gerry Gras]

One of the items I put on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting
was "Impeachment Resolution".  It seems to me to be a good
time to do this considering recent news.

I was going to write my own, but then I stumbled across the
email below.  I think that Nevada County's resolution is
MUCH better than anything I would have written.

So now my proposal is this:
- We pass our own resolution which is the same as the
   Navada County resolution, but with "Nevada County"
   replaced with "Santa Clara County".
- We send it by snail mail to all our House Reps:
   Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Zoe Lofgrenn, and Richard Pombo.
   (Have I forgotten anyone?)
- We "cc" it to our Senators, i.e. Dianne Feinstein
   and Barbara Boxer.

Is there anything else we should do?  Should we also
send it to the other members of the House Judiciary
Committee?  (Zoe Lofgren is on the committee.)
     http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMembership.aspx
Any points added or removed?  Or anything else?

Gerry


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [GPCA Updates] IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:45:48 -0800
From: Jim Stauffer <updates-admin at cagreens.org>
Reply-To: updates-owner at marla.cagreens.org
To: updates at cagreens.org

** Green Party of California Update **

Our Nevada County chapter has been working on a resolution for the
impeachment of President Bush and his gang! Please read this and discuss it
in your county.

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   The Nevada County Green Party recently adopted our
Impeachment Resolution.   We spent a month
researching, debating, writing and revising. We think
it is powerful and compelling statement.

It's also available for download at our Nevada
Co. website: http://www.nevadacountygreens.org.

We hope to inspire other locals to join us in officially
calling for the Impeachment of Bush & Cheney etc.
They can use our draft as a model or write their own.
We also hope to put it before the next Plenary and
have it adopted as official policy of the GP of
California.

   Hasta el fuego.
   Kent Smith


   A RESOLUTION OF THE GREEN PARTY OF NEVADA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA in defense of the Constitution of the
United States demanding the impeachment of George W.
Bush, Richard B. Cheney and two complicit associates.

   Whereas the Declaration of Independence declares
securing ?unalienable Rights? including ?Life,
Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness? to be the
purpose of government and
   Whereas the Constitution of the United States
establishes the firm foundation for our rule of law
and its Bill of Rights provides for the precious
individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all
American citizens,
   Whereas, in the conduct of their offices, President
George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney,
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales, in violation of their
constitutional oaths to ?preserve,  protect and defend
the Constitution? and to ?take Care that the Laws be
faithfully executed,? have committed any or all of the
following ?high Crimes and Misdemeanors:?

   1. WARRANTLESS SEARCHES: ordering the National
Security Agency to conduct secret warrantless searches
and seizures of the private personal communications of
American citizens, without oversight by the
legislative or judicial branches of the government, in
violation of the 4th Amendment of the Constitution and
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of the
Congress (FISA 1978);

   2. TORTURE: authorizing and permitting torture
against human beings, in violation of the Geneva
Conventions (1864-1949) and the United Nations?
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman,
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1985);

   3. INDEFINITE DETENTION: depriving American citizens
of their constitutionally guaranteed rights regarding
unjust imprisonment and speedy and public trial, in
violation of their rights to guaranteed liberty and
due process of law in the 5th and 6th Amendments;

   4. WAR OF AGGRESSION: launching an illegal, unjust
and undeclared war against the sovereign state of
Iraq, in violation of Article I, Section 8 of the
Constitution and Chapters 1, 6, and 7 of the Charter
of the United Nations (1945);

   5. USE OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS: authorizing the use of
illegal chemical and radioactive weapons in military
campaigns, notably white phosphorous and depleted
uranium in Iraq, in violation of the United Nations?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR 1948);

   6. DELIBERATE DECEPTIONS: repeatedly, consciously,
and with forethought, lying to the American people and
the U.S. Congress by providing false and deceptive
rationales for an unjustified and illegal war in Iraq;

   7. ATTACKING CIVILIANS: authorizing, ordering, and
condoning direct military attacks on civilians and
civilian homes and communities, thereby causing
massive death, maiming and destruction in Iraq, in
violation of Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of
Human  Rights; and

   8.  VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES: violating
and unilaterally abrogating lawful signatory treaties,
such as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972)
between the United States and Russia,  the Treaty of
Rome (1950) establishing the International Criminal
Court and the Geneva Conventions providing for humane
treatment of combatants and civilians, in violation of
Article VI of the Constitution acknowledging these
treaties to be ?the Supreme Law of the Land.?


   Therefore, the Green Party of Nevada County demands
the impeachment and consequent removal from office of
the four aforementioned officials.
   Be it further resolved that the Green Party of
Nevada County petitions the House of Representatives
of the U.S. Congress to initiate Impeachment
proceedings against all four identified officials.
   Be it further resolved that copies of this
Resolution be sent to our Congressional
representatives and to all members of the House
Judiciary Committee.

   (Adopted by consensus at the Monthly Meeting on
February 9, 2006 in Nevada City, California)

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