Full Text: Articles of Impeachment of Dick Cheney
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 4:14 pm
Opinion: Atlanta Progressive News
By Matthew Cardinale, News Editor and National Correspondent,
Atlanta Progressive News (April 23, 2007)
(APN) ATLANTA — Today, US Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced Articles of Impeachment against Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney. Kucinich did not limit the Articles to the issue of Iran; they also include defrauding the public and Congress over the need to invade Iraq. Prisoner torture, outing CIA agents, and illegal domestic warrartless wiretapping were not included as reasons.
The main sections of the FULL TEXT of the bill as obtained by Atlanta Progressive News are reprinted below. We redacted the individual exhibits supporting various claims, as well as the “line numbers” for flow. However, the files are available here as well: http://kucinich.house.gov/UploadedFiles/int3.pdf
it just so happens that Impeach for Peace has recently met with Rep.
Keith Ellison of the Judiciary Committee.
https://impeachforpeace.org/impeach_bush_blog/?p=1361
Rep. Ellison was kind enough to give us some advice as to how to pressure
that committee to act on impeachment. He reccomended which members of the
Judiciary could use some encouragement. So, we’ve adjusted our
Do-It-Yourself Impeachment (which has apparently been wildly successful in
helping Kucinich), and have refocused it to impeach Cheney, as well as
directing it to the members of the Judiciary recommended by Ellison.
So, it’s our turn again to help this process along. Let’s innundate these
members of the Judiciary with a document that actually initiates
impeachment via the House of Representative’s own rules. This legal
document is as binding as if a State or if the House itself passed the
impeachment resolution. This document is based on one which was
successful in impeaching a federal official in the past. You can find it on
IfP’s website as a PDF.
Kucinich says he needs us to keep building the groundswell of support for
impeachment all over the country. He said he felt that our framing the
issue of impeachment in terms of the Constitution is a principled choice,
and ultimately more effective than just acting on anger.
Do-It-Yourself by downloading the memorial, filling in the relevant
information (your name, state, etc.), and sending it in. The document also
has you sending them to Impeach for Peace. That way, we can collect them
all in one place, and deliver them all simultaneously (with cameras
rolling) in July. Be a part of history.
http://ImpeachForPeace.org/ImpeachNow.html
Additionally, you can contact these members of the Judiciary here:
http://judiciary.house.gov/contact.aspx
Hon. Jerrold Nadler
202-225-5635
Hon. Howard L. Berman
(202) 225-4695
Hon. Zoe Lofgren
(202) 225-3072
Hon. Linda T. Sanchez
(202) 225-6676
Impeach or shoot George W. Bush and Dick(less)Cheney