Posted on 14 March 2006, by Anna
Sonoma County Democrats Call for Impeachment
Resolution calling for the California Legislature to pass a Joint Resolution impeaching George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney
WHEREAS, the rules in the United States House of Representatives allow for setting a federal impeachment in motion by charges transmitted from the legislature of a State or territory; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has ordered the federalization and deployment of National Guard members overseas and thus has exceeded the authority granted in the provision of the United States Constitution that Congress shall have the power to “provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections and repel invasions,” reserving to the states the authority to direct the training and arming of members of the National Guard for defense of their state; this federalization and deployment of National Guard members has rendered the National Guard force unable to carry out its state activities effectively and thus deprived the states of their Constitutional powers to keep the National Guard for defense of their state; and George W. Bush has allowed stop-loss orders that violate the mutual understanding between the members in the Armed Forces including the National Guard and the state and nation they agreed to serve; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has admitted that he willingly and repeatedly directed surveillance of U. S. persons without warrants, in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of the United States; and his administration including Vice-President Richard B. Cheney have supported willful violations of international treaties such as the Geneva Conventions on Torture which according to Article VI of the United States Constitution considers treaties to be the “supreme Law of the Land” as well as denying enumerated Constitutional protections to accused persons such as “the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury”; “to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; to have the assistance of counsel for his defence”; to be free of “cruel and unusual punishments”; and to not be deprived of liberty ”’without due process of law” as guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments of the United States Constitution all of which have been repeatedly violated by indefinite detentions of “enemy combatants” which classification seeks to deny political prisoners legal rights;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Sonoma County Democratic Central Committee call on the Democratic legislators in the California State Assembly and State Senate to ratify a Joint Resolution calling for the impeachment of President George Walker Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney in accordance with Section 603 of the Manual of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives for willfully violating their Constitutional oaths of office to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States; that they have been subversive of Constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the State of California and of the United States; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution and supplemental materials be sent to the Democratic Assembly and State Senators, the other 57 Democratic Central Committees of California for their consideration of endorsement of a Joint Resolution by our state legislature as well as courtesy copies to our local Congressional representatives, our Senators and notice to major media outlets in our community and the state of California to be sent no later than March 31, 2006.
Submitted by the Issues and Legislation Committee on March 14, 2006
Passed March 14, 2006
