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The Case for Not Waiting Out This Presidency

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·       Authorizing, ordering and condoning assassinations, summary executions, kidnappings, secret and other illegal detentions of individuals, torture and physical and psychological coercion of prisoners to obtain false statements concerning acts and intentions of governments and individuals.

·       Violating within the United States, and by authorizing U.S. forces and agents elsewhere, the rights of individuals under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

·       Making, ordering and condoning false statements and propaganda about the conduct of foreign governments and individuals and acts by U.S. government personnel.

·       Manipulating the media and foreign governments with false information

·       Concealing information vital to public discussion and informed judgment concerning acts, intentions and possession, in order to falsely create a climate of fear and destroy opposition to U.S. wars of aggression and first strike attacks.

·       Violations and subversions of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, both a part of the "Supreme Law of the land" under Article VI, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, in an attempt to commit with impunity crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes in wars against Afghanistan, Iraq and others.

·       Usurping powers of the United Nations and the peoples of its nations by bribery, coercion and other corrupt acts and by rejecting treaties, committing treaty violations, and frustrating compliance with treaties in order to destroy any means by which international law and institutions can prevent, affect, or adjudicate the exercise of U.S. military and economic power against the international community.

·       Acting to strip United States citizens of their constitutional and human rights, ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to counsel, without charge, and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the Executive of a citizen as an "enemy combatant."

·       Authorizing secret military tribunals and summary execution of persons who are not citizens who are designated solely at the discretion of the Executive who acts as indicting official, prosecutor and as the only avenue of appellate relief.

·       Refusing to provide public disclosure of the identities and locations of persons who have been arrested, detained and imprisoned by the U.S. government in the United States, including in response to Congressional inquiry.

·       Authorizing the monitoring of confidential attorney-client privileged communications by the government, even in the absence of a court order and even where an incarcerated person has not been charged with a crime.

·       Ordering and authorizing the seizure of assets of persons in the United States, prior to hearing or trial, for lawful or innocent association with any entity that at the discretionary designation of the Executive has been deemed "terrorist."

·       Refusal to provide information and records necessary and appropriate for the constitutional right of legislative oversight of executive functions.

·       Rejecting treaties protective of peace and human rights and abrogation of the obligations of the United States under, and withdrawal from, international treaties and obligations without consent of the legislative branch, and including termination of the ABM treaty between the United States and Russia.

·       Rescission of the authorizing signature from the Treaty of Rome which served as the basis for the International Criminal Court.

That’s a bunch. Add more recent matters and stir slowly. These are not discontents or political biases, but issues of law, upon which a finding of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ can be found.

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Let's go get the bastards Now! by tedbohne on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 11:37:27 AM
urgency of impeachment by Sheila Jackson on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 12:12:56 PM
If the Congress refuses to impeach, they force the public to by Richard Mynick on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 12:19:01 PM
bush cheney OUT - LAWS image 4 U 2 RE: by RogerART.com on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 1:12:06 PM
Storm the Caslte by Gareece on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 1:26:58 PM
You demonstrate that Dem Party apologists are as dishonest by Richard Mynick on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 4:32:26 PM
Got the wrong guy, pard by Jim Freeman on Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 at 7:41:10 AM
(Chuckle!) No, there's a logical misunderstanding here! by Richard Mynick on Wednesday, Jul 25, 2007 at 10:02:21 AM
Impeachment Postcards to Pelosi by grassroots on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 1:56:56 PM
downloading people by sbaker on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 9:37:08 PM
Impeachment NOW or Our Democracy Is Doomed by Robert R. Regl on Sunday, Jul 22, 2007 at 9:20:40 PM
Impeachment by Susan Wall on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 11:12:59 AM
Karl Rove trivialization by Jim Freeman on Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 at 8:06:15 AM
Newt said that. by Sheila Jackson on Sunday, Jul 29, 2007 at 11:09:53 PM
What can we do to prompt Congress to impeach? by Ben Bayol on Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 at 10:04:58 AM
What to do. by Sheila Jackson on Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 12:52:52 PM
What to do by Jim Freeman on Monday, Jul 30, 2007 at 2:19:34 PM