Come to DC for this Historic Moment:

“Hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush”

House Judiciary Committee, Rayburn Bldg, Rm. 2141 (more…)

Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army’s investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives: (more…)

By Jason Leopold

Rebuffing Dennis Kucinich’s calls for impeachment hearings on George W. Bush, the House Judiciary Committee instead will hear testimony about Bush’s “imperial presidency” and several of his administration’s scandals. (more…)

by John Nichols

Impeachment is on the table.

But Congress is not allowed to bite. (more…)

by John Nichols

As Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich moved a “privileged resolution” to force House to consider the question of whether President Bush should be impeached for lying to Congress and the American people about the reasons for invading and occupying Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi surprised almost everyone by suggesting that the Judiciary Committee might indeed take up the issue. (more…)

“The barbaric policies of George W Bush”

Main article: Impeachment in the United States

To impeach the President of the United States, a majority of the United States House of Representatives must agree to pass a resolution that alleges the President committed “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” This impeachment resolution is also commonly called an “Article of Impeachment” and spells out in detail the charges against the President. The House of Representatives then exhibits these Articles of Impeachment to the United States Senate since the latter body has the “sole Power” to “try all impeachments.” (more…)

Center for Research on Globalization

By Stephen Lendman

The president can now claim a public emergency, effectively declare martial law, suspend the Constitution for “national security,” and deploy federal and National Guard troops on the nation’s streets to suppress whatever he calls disorder. That means First Amendment guaranteed peaceful public demonstrations and all organized acts of dissent are no longer constitutionally protected. Neither is the republic in “police state America.” This article begins and ends with the same chilling thought. If past is prologue, the outlook isn’t good in “police state America” under neocon rule that won’t appreciably change when the White House has a new occupant in 2009. The nation is at war and laws are in place that end constitutional protections, militarize the country, repress dissent, and our government is empowered to crush freedom and defend privilege from beneficial social change it won’t tolerate. (more…)

June 23, 2008

by Robert Wexler

The testimony of Scott McClellan this past Friday in the House Judiciary Committee marked an important step forward for Congress in the battle to fully expose the crimes of the Bush/Cheney administration and finally hold this White House accountable for its appalling actions that have weakened our constitution and our government. I am only sorry that we are taking this step so late in President Bush’s term in office. However, I am pleased that history will at the very least document the shocking revelations that Mr. McClellan testified to on Friday. Scott McClellan under oath last week agreed with me that it is a likely possibility that Vice President Dick Cheney was the individual who authorized the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson’s covert status. Mr. McClellan also said that he believes more White House officials should come before Congress and reveal the truth about this administration’s actions. McClellan’s testimony underscores a simple reality: We must dig deeper. (more…)

Robert L. Borosage, The Huffington Post

One of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s first acts upon taking the gavel was to rule impeachment off the table. She wanted Democrats to focus on challenging the president on the war and on kitchen table concerns — from energy to education to health care. With Democrats now enjoying an increasing margin in generic polls and looking towards gaining seats in both the House and the Senate, the strategy certainly hasn’t hurt politically. (more…)