{"id":4303,"date":"2007-12-22T23:28:42","date_gmt":"2007-12-23T05:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:46:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:46:33","slug":"over-1000-lawyers-call-for-bushcheney-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/over-1000-lawyers-call-for-bushcheney-hearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 Lawyers sign call for Bush\/Cheney hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/bushcheney.GIF\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/bushcheney.thumbnail.GIF\" alt=\"bushcheney.GIF\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a>The Nation<br \/>\nLawyers Stepping Up<br \/>\nKATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWe are lawyers in the United States of America. As such, we have all taken an oath obligating us to defend the Constitution and the rule of law&#8230;. We believe the Bush administration has committed numerous offenses against the Constitution and may have violated federal laws&#8230;. Moreover, the administration has blatantly defied congressional subpoenas, obstructing constitutional oversight&#8230;. Thus, we call on House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy to launch hearings into the possibility that crimes have been committed by this administration in violation of the Constitution&#8230;. We call for the investigations to go where they must, including into the offices of the President and the Vice President. &#8212; American Lawyers Defending the Constitution<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOver one thousand lawyers &#8220;\u201c including former Governor Mario Cuomo and former Reagan administration official Bruce Fein &#8220;\u201c have signed onto the above statement demanding wide-ranging investigative hearings into unconstitutional and potentially criminal activity by the Bush administration.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nation Lawyers Stepping Up KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL We are lawyers in the United States of America. As such, we have all taken an oath obligating us to defend the Constitution and the rule of law&#8230;. We believe the Bush administration has committed numerous offenses against the Constitution and may have violated federal laws&#8230;. 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