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Should Impeachment Begin only if Conviction is a Sure Thing?
[Please read Mikael’s response to this, which is the first comment below] A successful impeachment not possible Contra Costa Times Ronald Entwistle – San Pablo Article Launched: 04/23/2007 Some frustrated and disgusted citizens are advocating the impeachment of President Bush. They are permitting their emotions to dominate their brain. Two presidents have been impeached, but…
You say IMPEACH–Does your Rep Have to Listen?
When Vermont’s, San Francisco’s, and Other Cities’ and Towns’ Constituents Call For Impeachment of the President and Vice-President, Must Their Federal Representatives Listen? The Ethics of Representative-Constituent Relations By ETHAN J. LEIB AND DAVID PONET The results of the 2006 midterm election were widely interpreted as a rebuke to the Republican Party, and some voters…
House Judiciary Committee approves contempt resolution against Bolten and Miers
seeking any White House documents related to the firing of nine U.S. attorneys last year. The White House, claiming the documents are covered by executive privilege, has refused to turn them over. Miers was subpoenaed to testify before the committee, but she never showed up for the hearing, also citing executive privilege. (Original Article)
US Immigration Officials Accused of Violating Workforce’s Constitutional Rights
N.C. Aizenman, Washington Post A privately convened commission of labor and immigrant advocates held the first of several planned nationwide hearings yesterday to publicize allegations that U.S. immigration officials routinely violate constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure during workplace raids. At the gathering at the Hay-Adams hotel in the District, witnesses and members of…
Did White House Influence EPA’s Decision to Keep Air Dirty?
EPA Director Called Before Senate By Simona Perry, t r u t h o u t Under sworn testimony at a Senate hearing today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson repeatedly said he stood by his decision to deny California a waiver under the Clean Air Act. Yet, he refused to offer specific…
