Case for Impeachment The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office

Name: Case for Impeachment The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office
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ISBN: 9780312360160

ISBN-10: 0312360169

ISBN-13: 9780312360160

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Lindorff, Barbara Olshansky

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"The war in ""Iraq"" . . ." " " "No bid contracts awarded to Halliburton . . ." " " "Hurricane Katrina . . ." " " "The CIA leak investigation . . ." The story gets worse and worse. The evidence is glaring. George W. Bush's record as a president is abysmal. And it's time to impeach him. "The Case for Impeachment" lays out the reasons why in a straightforward, letter-of-the-law manner. Mixing the cold, hard facts with the lies and deceptions of this administration, "The Case for Impeachment" is a serious consideration of Bush's high crimes and misdemeanors while in office. This important and timely book will serve as a rallying cry for all those fed up with George W. Bush's abuses of… power. It's time for the American people and Congress to act. With so much at stake, we have a president whose administration stands out in its criminality and disdain for the rule of law. The Case for Impeachment explains the legal history and grounds for impeaching George W. Bush and brings forth more than a half dozen articles of impeachment the likes of: *Lying and inducing Congress and the American people into an unjustwar. *Allowing his friends and business cronies to profiteer off the war in Iraq.*Authorizing torture and rendition of prisoners of war and suspected terrorists--a complete violation of the Geneva Conventions, a treaty the U.S. has signed and is therefore part of our law. *Stripping American citizens of their Constitutional rights--holding people with no charge, wiretapping them illegally, offering them no trial, and never allowing them to face their accusers. *Failing in almost every way possible to defend the homeland and our borders. Hard hitting and persuasive in its argument, The Case for Impeachment will be one of the most talked-about political books for the pathetic remainder of the Bush Presidency. As timely as today's headlines, this vital book explains why impeachment should be deployed against the serial Constitution-shredder George W. Bush. The third article of impeachment against Richard Nixon was illegal spying on Americans--a crime indisputably committed also by Bush and his cronies. But this book also makes a compelling case that Bush has arrogantly flouted his oath of office and the laws of the land by committing other impeachableoffenses--telling lies to Congress and the American people to take us into an illegal war, violating the War Powers act, abusing the power of his office, failing to protect the United States, and more. Dave Lindorff (a first-rate independent progressive journalist) and Barbara Olshansky (a dedicated civil liberties attorney), in The Case for Impeachment, have restored this vital tool to the arsenal ofdemocracy. Any American who wants to preserve what's left of our precious Bill of Rights from further encroachments, and to repair the Constitutional separation of powers vitiated by George Bush, should read this essential book -- which should also be force-fed to every single member of Congress. -- Doug Ireland, columnist for the LA Weekly "In the United States, our best journalism is published in books now and talked about on the radio and the internet. If you get your news from a television or a newspaper, you live in another world. This no doubt contributes to how divided we are politically. Dave Lindorff's and Barbara Olshansky's book could help bridge this national divide. The genius of this book is in its brevity. Lindorff and Olshansky have boiled the list of Bush and Cheney's documented crimes down to an amazingly concise summary, one that however gives a real flavor of the goings on in this criminal administration. I work on these issues and still learned a great deal by reading this book. If each of us who knows some of this and is able to process it easily buys ten copies to give to people who get their news from TV, this clear crisp book might just help save this country." -- David Swanson, co-founder AfterDowningStreet.org

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 5/2/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




Why impeachment?



An agenda of deceit and a case of overreaching



The origins of impeachment



Impeachment, trial, and removal



Deadly lies and an illegal war



Dark questions about a dark day



Taking liberties



Vengeance and betrayal



Breaking things : Bush's way of war



Abuse of power, criminal negligence, and other crimes



Impeaching other Bush administration officials


Epilogue : the case for impeachment



The Downing Street memo



Niger forgeries



The Taguba report



The international committee of the Red Cross report



The FBI memo regarding torture at Guantanamo



The Gonzales memo on torture



The federal indictment of I. Lewis Libby



The Rumsfeld memo on torture