Doonesbury Impeachment, Part 1


By Josh White Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 14, 2007 A group of Senate Democrats introduced legislation yesterday that would restore habeas corpus rights to all detainees in U.S. custody and would narrowly define what it means to be an “enemy combatant” against the United States, a measure designed to challenge laws ushered in…
By Michael Isikoff, Newsweek The Senate and House Intelligence Committees are asking former attorney general John Ashcroft to testify about a March 2004 hospital-room confrontation during which he refused to sign off on a continuation of President Bush’s warrantless eavesdropping program, according to congressional and administration sources. The sources, who asked not to identified talking…
Today’s Must Read (From TPM Muckraker) By Paul Kiel May 1, 2008, 9:59AM Copyright 2007 TPM Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. You know those secret legal opinions by the Justice Department that tell the administration how far it can go without breaking the law? After all the hullabaloo over John Yoo’s five year-old torture authorization…
By Emma Schwartz, Legal Times Now it’s Fred Fielding’s move. Congressional Democrats have always believed that the Justice Department’s plan to fire eight U.S. attorneys began in the White House, and last week they proved willing to take their investigation to its doorstep by subpoenaing two former Bush aides. The White House has yet to…
World Can’t Wait — Wednesday, April 25, 2007: At noon today a distinguished group of public elected officials, prominent voices of conscience, actors and artists, and military families gathered in front of the U.S. Capitol to call for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. With debate sharpening between Congress…
Afterdowningstreet.org March 27 2007 Like Bob said “impeachment is in the air“, it’s everywhere. It’s in DC, and on the TV. It’s in the news and on the blogs. It’s in state legislatures and cities and towns across this land. And everywhere you go it’s on the minds and flowing off the lips of Americans…