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Resolution on the Impeachment of
President George
Bush & Vice President Richard Cheney:
Whereas, Article
6 of the US Constitution states that "all treaties" of
the
United States "shall be the supreme law of the land," and
Whereas, the Charter of the United Nations
is such a treaty, ratified by the United States, and
Whereas, the UN Charter, Article 2, requires that "all
members shall settle
their international disputes by peaceful means," and Article 51 allows
for "self defense" only on the occasion of an "armed attack," and
Whereas, Iraq carried out NO armed attack against the United States, and
Whereas, President George Bush and Vice-President
Richard Cheney unilaterally ordered the military invasion and occupation
of Iraq in an act
of war in violation of the UN Charter and US law, and
Whereas, the President and Vice-President
have also violated Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution regarding
habeas corpus, as well as the Geneva
Conventions, by holding without trial and subjecting to torture individuals
including US citizens arbitrarily designated as ³enemy combatants,² and
Whereas, the President
and Vice-President, by adding signing statements to
legislation, have violated Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution
which
gives "all legislative power" to Congress, and
Whereas, the President and Vice-President,
by conducting illegal wiretaps of
American Citizens, have also violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act, and
Whereas, failure to impeach the president
and vice-president will allow
future presidents and vice-presidents to continue these abuses of power,
let
it therefore be
Resolved, that our representatives in the
Hourse of Representatives
immediately begin hearings in the several House committees of jurisdiction
for the purpose of impeachment of the President and Vice President,
and
Be it further Resolved, that this resolution
be delivered to our
representatives from Otsego County, NY, the Hon. Michael Arcuri, NY
24th CD,
and the Hon. Kirsten Gillibrand, NY 20th CD.
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This resolution was presented at the Town
Meeting on the Impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, Cooperstown,
NY, on March 18, 2007
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