{"id":214,"date":"2007-02-21T19:45:59","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T19:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2017-06-17T14:17:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T20:17:23","slug":"the-people-v-richard-cheney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/02\/the-people-v-richard-cheney\/","title":{"rendered":"GQ: &#8220;4th Estate&#8221; initiates impeachment of Cheney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100316025413\/http:\/\/www.afterdowningstreet.org:80\/node\/18761\">THE PEOPLE V. RICHARD CHENEY<\/a><br \/>\nBy Wil S. Hylton, GQ<\/p>\n<p>Feb 21, 2007<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/051022_cheney901.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/051022_cheney90.thumbnail1.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Resolved, that Richard B. Cheney, vice president of the United States, should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that these articles of impeachment be submitted to the American people:<\/p>\n<p>When the Founding Fathers crafted the U.S. Constitution, they wanted to be sure that the president, vice president, and other ranking officials could be evicted more easily than the British monarchy. To ensure that the process would be swift and certain, they made it simple: Only two conditions must be met. First, a majority of the House of Representatives must agree on a set of charges; then, two-thirds of the Senate must agree to convict. After that, there is no legal wrangling, no appeal to a higher authority, no reversal on technical grounds. There is not even a limit on what the charges may be. As the Constitution describes it, the cause may be &#8220;treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors,&#8221; but even these were left deliberately vague; as Gerald Ford once pointed out while still serving in the House of Representatives, the only real definition of an &#8220;impeachable offense&#8221; is &#8220;whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE PEOPLE V. RICHARD CHENEY By Wil S. Hylton, GQ Feb 21, 2007 Resolved, that Richard B. 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