Frank Boyle to Introduce Impeachment Resolution to the State Legislature
This came across my desk this morning - I believe this makes us the seventh state with an impeachment resolution wending its way through. 'Bout time.
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April 4, 2007 Rep. Frank Boyle, 608-266-0640
BOYLE INTRODUCES RESOLUTION ON BUSH IMPEACHMENT
State Representative Frank Boyle (D-Superior) today unveiled a joint resolution he will
introduce to the Wisconsin State Legislature stating that President George W. Bush has
violated his oath of office, thereby creating good cause for impeachment proceedings to
be initiated.
“While the end result was not removal from office, only two presidents have been
impeached,” said Boyle. “President Andrew Johnson was impeached for firing someone
and President Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about sex. As stated in the attached
impeachment resolution, President George W. Bush is guilty of far more reprehensible
actions.”
“Having experienced the ruthless misuse of power of the Monarchs of Europe, Thomas
Jefferson, in drafting the United States Constitution, saw the need to include a means to
remove the President of the United States from office,” continued Boyle. “Jefferson’s
Manual, Section LIII, 603, allows federal impeachment proceedings to be initiated by
joint resolution of a state legislature.”
“Similar impeachment resolutions have been introduced in the state legislatures of
Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Washington and Vermont.”
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Attachment: Joint Resolution
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2007 − 2008 LEGISLATURE
2007 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to: the impeachment of President George W. Bush.
Whereas, Jefferson’s Manual, section LIII, 603, allows federal impeachment
proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of a state legislature; and
Whereas, President George W. Bush has publicly admitted to ordering the
National Security Agency to violate provisions of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act, a felony, specifically authorizing the agency to spy on American
citizens without warrant; and
Whereas, evidence suggests that President Bush authorized violation of the
torture convention of the Geneva Conventions, a treaty regarded as supreme law by
the United States Constitution; and
Whereas, the Bush administration has held American citizens and citizens of
other nations as prisoners of war without charge or trial; and
Whereas, evidence suggests that the Bush administration has manipulated
intelligence for the purpose of initiating a war against the sovereign nation of Iraq,
resulting in the deaths of large numbers of Iraqi civilians and causing the United
States to incur loss of life, diminished security, and billions of dollars in unnecessary
expenses; and
Whereas, the Bush administration leaked classified national secrets to further
a political agenda, exposing an unknown number of covert U.S. intelligence agents
to potential harm and retribution, while refusing to investigate the matter; and
Whereas, Congress has declined to fully investigate these charges to date; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the assembly and
the senate have good cause to submit charges to the U.S. House of Representatives
under Jefferson’s Manual, section LIII, 603, that the president of the United States
has willfully violated his oath of office to preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of the United States; and
Be it further resolved, That George W. Bush, if found guilty of the charges
contained herein, should be removed from office and disqualified to hold any other
office in the United States.
(END)
Uppity Fund 2012
