The first time I realized that the Republicans were going to impeach Bill Clinton was about 46 minutes into his first address to a Joint Session of Congress, also referred to as the 1993 State of the Union, on February 17, 1993. When the … [Read more...]
Impeach Trump
Cross-posted at Letters Blogatory. In late 2016, after the election, there was a movement seeking to persuade the electoral college to elect someone other than Mr. Trump president. I had already been arguing here for a long time that … [Read more...]
To End a Presidency
On May 22, 2018, Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz, authors of the book To End a Presidency, spoke at the Cambridge Public Library. My rough notes follow: Laurence Tribe: The abuse of Presidential power is the lynchpin of an impeachable … [Read more...]
Rachel Brown vs. Barney Frank in the Primary
Barney Frank has a qualified opponent for the Sept. 14th primary who needs your support. Rachel is a LaRouche Democrat with a genuine FDR platform, which includes: 1. OUST OBAMA (Nixon-style) 2. Restore Glass-Steagall to stop the bailout of … [Read more...]
Impeach John Yoo!
The text of the outrageous and infamous March 2003 torture memo drafted by John Yoo, then Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, are now available here (part 1) and here (part 2). This, you may recall, is the … [Read more...]
Brattleboro to vote on arresting POTUS and Veep
I ran across this article today: http://news.aol.com/story/_a/a... Only the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms is empowered to arrest the President. This is interesting to say the least, but certainly not treason. … [Read more...]
Kucinich is Gone from the race
I was saddened to see this which I knew was inevitable but which I had hoped could have been postponed longer. I'm not sure how MSNBC was able to squirm out of a court injunction that would have allowed Kucinich in the Nevada debate a week … [Read more...]
Cheney Impeachment Isn’t Dead Yet – Call Delahunt!
Meteor Blades of dKos has all the info you could ever need about the current situation in the Judicial Committee, where Kucinich's H. Res 333 to impeach Vice President Richard B. Cheney was sent.Roughly, the recent developments have another … [Read more...]
Impeach Gonzales. Now.
Before yesterday, Congress already had ample basis to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The reasons were laid out pretty well at the ImpeachGonzales website.Yesterday really should be the straw that breaks the camel's … [Read more...]
Deval favors impeachment?
I actually thought he was too bi-partisan for me to support on the national stage, despite how much I support him in MA, but his public support for impeachment would certainly change my mind. Is there anything we could do to get the state … [Read more...]