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Letter of Impeachment for Circulation

The Honorable Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
2449 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4905
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Dear Jim,

It has come to the attention of the vast majority of Americans that our current President and Vice President have both allegedly engaged in treasonous acts through false representations, misleading statements, and attempted to bribe foreign governments in relation to the invasion of Iraq, in addition to acting negligently in relation to the preceding and succeeding events surrounding September 11, 2001.

We therefore call upon your duties as the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee to begin the deliberation over whether to initiate an impeachment inquiry.

We further encourage The Judiciary Committee to adopt a resolution seeking authority from the entire House of Representatives to conduct an impeachment inquiry.

We are very confident that before voting, the House debate will result in a firm and considerate resolution and a simple majority vote will lead to the impeachment of both George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney.

We would urge The Judiciary Committee to conduct an impeachment inquiry, possibly through public hearings. At the conclusion of the inquiry, we would suggest that the articles of impeachment be prepared so they may be approved by a majority of the Committee.

We further urge The House of Representatives to consider and debate the articles of impeachment so that a majority vote of the entire House can be obtained to pass each article. Once each article is approved, the President is, technically speaking, "impeached" -- so that a trial in the Senate may then commence.

Under Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

We submit that Congress may properly impeach and remove the President and Vice-President only for conduct amounting to a gross breach of trust or serious abuse of power, and only if it would be prepared to take the same action against any President or Vice-President who engaged in comparable conduct in similar circumstances. Although the responsibility for giving content to the constitutional grounds for impeachment is, in our opinion, solely that of Congress, our conclusion is that Congress should exercise these powers subject to a firm sense of constitutional restraint.

The grounds for impeachment are not limited to criminal acts and the need to impeach the President and Vice-President for "abusing their power" in connection with the public purse and the military is necessary to maintain the national and international security.

Impeachment is necessary to prevent the drastic remedy of assassination where the President and Vice-President have rendered themselves obnoxious on foreign policy issues. Impeachment is an essential security for the good behaviour of the Executives.

It is indispensable that this provision should be made for defending the global community against the incapacity, negligence or perfidy of both Executives. Both have lost their capacity after their appointments to prevent further attacks against the United States by foreign interests.

They have perverted their administration into a scheme of peculation and oppression. Further loss of capacity or corruption is more within the compass of probable events, and either of them might be fatal to the United States and her national security.

Both Executives should be charged by your Committee with gross betrayals of trust, while corrupting their electors, and their incapacity are other causes for impeachment. For the latter they should be punished not as men, but as officers.

Your actions in beginning this important process in providing for the President's and Vice-President's removal for malpractice and neglect of duty are not only vital to the interests of the American public, but absolutely necessary to prevent further loss of American life, collateral damage to property and protection of the United States Constitution for many future generations.

This impeachment is not intended as a method by which a President and Vice President may be turned out of office because Congress dislikes their policies. The Framers of the Constitution granted the remedy of impeachment because they were unwilling to rely solely on periodic elections as the method of removing the unworthy from office.

The debates will clearly show that impeachment is regarded as a way of removing those whose misconduct in office, whether criminal or not, is serious enough to warrant prompt removal.

Our system handles purely political differences primarily by the system of fixed and frequent elections, and also by the various checks and balances built into the ongoing relations among the three Branches. Where, however, serious elements of misconduct are involved, the Framers thought it necessary to provide a direct and immediate remedy.

This letter is being circulated to various members of Congress of both the House and the Senate by persons familiar with it and for and on behalf of the people of the United States.

In the interests of national security, we urge you to take prompt and urgent remedial action under the powers granted and conveyed to you by the people of this great United States of America under the provisions in the Constitution for this impeachment process.

Humbly and Respectfully Signed,

We the People of the United States of America
For the People of the United States of America
By the People of the United States of America
All for the People and All by the People
Nothing About the People Without the People
This is Democracy!


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