Proposed Resolution of Impeachment

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PETITION RESOLUTION FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF:
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND
RICHARD B. CHENEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF
THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA

THIS MATTER: RESOLUTION #1 -2007-

Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States and Richard B. Cheney, Vice President Of The United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors, acts of misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance in office, acts of war crimes violating the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions and the U.S. War Crimes Act of 1996 , for failure to faithfully execute laws of this nation, willful disregard for and under mining of The Constitution Of These United States , and failure to fulfill their oaths of office .

Wherefore, George W. Bush, President of the United States and Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.

Resolved, That George W. Bush, President of the United States and Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of The United States are impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, acts of misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance in office, acts of war crimes violating the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions and the U.S. War Crimes Act, for failure to faithfully execute laws of this nation, willful disregard for and under mining of The Constitution Of These United States, and failure to fulfill their oaths of office, and that the following resolution of articles of impeachment be exhibited to the Senate:

Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of all of the people of the United States of America, against George W. Bush, President of the United States of America and Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of The United States, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against them for high crimes, misdemeanors, acts of misfeasance, malfeasance and nonfeasance in office, acts of war crimes violating the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions and the U.S. War Crimes Act, for failure to faithfully execute laws of this nation, willful disregard for and under mining of The Constitution Of These United States, and failure to fulfill their oaths of office.

WHEREAS, President George W. Bush, in his oath of office, swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States;” and

WHEREAS, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, in his oath of office, swore to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic;” and

WHEREAS, It is a fundamental principle of U.S. jurisprudence that no one is above the law and no one may operate outside of our constitutional system of checks and balances; and

WHEREAS, In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George W. Bush, and Richard B. Cheney in the conduct of the office of Vice President of the United States, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States respectively, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, have attempted to impose a police state and a military dictatorship upon the people and Republic of the United States of America by means of "a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations" against the Constitution since September 11, 2001.

This subversive conduct includes but is not limited to trying to suspend the constitutional Writ of Habeas Corpus ; coercing the totalitarian U.S.A. Patriot Act through Congress; the mass-round-up and incarceration of foreigners; constituting extraordinary mock courts; depriving at least two United States citizens of their constitutional rights by means of military incarceration; interference with the constitutional right of defendants in criminal cases to lawyers; violating and subverting the Posse Comitatus Act ; unlawful and unreasonable searches and seizures; violating the First Amendments rights of the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government for redress of grievances; packing the federal judiciary with hand-picked judges belonging to the totalitarian Federalist Society and undermining the judicial independence of the Constitution's Article III federal court system; violating the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions and the U.S. War Crimes Act; violating The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; reinstitution of the infamous "Cointelpro" Program ; violating the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention against Torture, and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ; instituting the totalitarian Total Information Awareness Program; and establishing a totalitarian Northern Military Command for the United States of America itself; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George W. Bush, and Richard B. Cheney in violation of their constitutional oaths to faithfully execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, and, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, have violated The Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution .

U.S. soldiers in the Middle East are overwhelmingly poor White, Black, and Latino and their military service is based on the coercion of a system that has denied viable economic opportunities to these classes of citizens. Under the Constitution, all classes of citizens are guaranteed equal protection of the laws, and calling on the poor and minorities to fight a war for oil to preserve the lifestyles of the wealthy power elite of this country is a denial of the rights of these soldiers; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of theirs constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States , to the best of theirs abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, have violated the U.S. Constitution, federal law, and the United Nations Charter by bribing, intimidating and threatening others, including the members of the United Nations Security Council, to support belligerent acts against Iraq; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney , in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prepared, planned, and conspired to engage in a massive war and catastrophic aggression against Iraq by employing methods of mass destruction that has resulted in the killing of hundreds of thousands of civilians, many of whom have been children. This planning included the threatened use of nuclear weapons, and the use of such indiscriminate weapons and massive killings by aerial bombardment, or otherwise, of civilians, violates the Hague Regulations on land warfare, the rules of customary international law set forth in the Hague Rules of Air Warfare , the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol I thereto, the Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles , the Genocide Convention, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956) ; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, committed the United States to acts of war without congressional consent and contrary to the United Nations Charter and international law.

From September, 2001 through January, 2003, the President and Vice President embarked on a course of action that systematically eliminated every option for peaceful resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis. Once they approached Congress for consent to war, tens of thousands of American soldiers' lives were in jeopardy - rendering any substantive debate by Congress meaningless. They have never received a Declaration of War by Congress, and in contravention of the written word, the spirit, and the intent of the U.S. Constitution has declared that they will, and did, go to war regardless of the views of the American people. In failing to seek and obtain a Declaration of War, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, acting in tandem, have acted in a manner contrary to their trusts as President and Vice President respectively and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, did plan, prepare, and conspire to commit crimes against the peace by leading the United States into aggressive war against Iraq in violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter , the Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles, the Kellogg-Briand Pact , U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956), numerous other international treaties and agreements, and the Constitution of the United States; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, did purposely conspire with others to manipulate the intelligence process so as to defraud United States of America and intentionally mislead and deceive Congress and the American public regarding the threat posed by Iraq so as to justify the initiation of a war in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371, by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, did subvert the national security interests of the United States by setting the stage for the loss of more than 3300 United States service members; the loss of 650,000 Iraqi citizens since the United States invasion; the loss of approximately $500 billion in war costs which has increased our Federal debt; the loss of military readiness within the United States Armed Services due to overextension, lack of training and lack of equipment; the loss of United States credibility in world affairs; and the decades of predictable catastrophe and destabilization of the mid east region created by the invasion of Iraq; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, in their conduct, purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda in order to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests, the reputation and integrity of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed have openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran absent any real threat to the United States, and done so with the United States proven capability to carry out such threats, thus undermining the national security of the United States; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed have, in the last three years repeatedly threatened Iran. However, they/we are legally bound by the U.S. Constitution's adherence to international law that prohibits threats of use of force; and

(A) Article VI of the United States Constitution states, “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land.” Any provision of an international treaty ratified by the United States becomes the law of the United States.

(B) The United States is a signatory to the United Nations Charter, a treaty among the nations of the world. Article II, Section 4 of the United Nations Charter states, “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.” The threat of force is illegal.

(C) Article 51 lays out the only exception, “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.” Iran has not attacked the United States; therefore any threat against Iran by the United States is illegal.

The President’s and the Vice President's deception upon the citizens and Congress of the United States that enabled the failed United States invasion of Iraq forcibly altered the rules of diplomacy such that their recent belligerent actions towards Iran are destabilizing and counterproductive to the national security of the United States; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the office of President of the United States George W. Bush has admitted to ordering the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of American civilians without seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in 1978, in violation of Title 50 United States Code, Section 1805; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed ,George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired to commit the torture of prisoners in violation of the “Federal Torture Act” Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C, the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Conventions, which under Article VI of the Constitution are part of the “supreme Law of the Land”; and

WHEREAS, in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney acted to strip American citizens of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detention without access to legal counsel, without charge and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the President of a U.S. citizen as an “enemy combatant”, all in subversion of law; and

WHEREAS, , in the conduct of the offices of President of the United States, and Vice President of The United States respectively, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, in violation of their constitutional oaths faithfully to execute the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of The United States, to the best of their abilities, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of their constitutional duties to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have arrogated excessive power to the executive branch in violation of basic constitutional principles of the separation of powers while acting to undermine the authority of the legislative branch and the judiciary by issuing “signing statements” that claim that the executive branch may disregard laws enacted by Congress when the President or his subordinates deem it appropriate, and by the above referenced conduct; and,

WHEREAS, in all of this George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney serving in tandem have acted in a manner contrary to their trusts as President and Vice President respectively, and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of The City Of Alexandria Virginia, that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct, warrant impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States; and

WHEREAS, Petitions from the country at large may be presented by the Speaker of the House according to Clause 3 of House Rule XII;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT our senators and representatives in the United States Congress be, and they are hereby, requested to cause to be instituted in the Congress of the United States proper proceedings for the investigation of the activities of the George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, to the end that they may be impeached and removed from such office.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the Clerk of the City of Alexandria Virginia be, and is hereby, instructed to certify to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, under the seal of the City of Alexandria Virginia, a copy of this resolution and its adoption by the City of Alexandria Virginia, as a petition, and request that this petition be delivered to the Office of the Clerk and entered in the United States Congressional Journal. The copies shall be marked with the word “Petition” at the top of the document and contain the original authorizing signature of the City Clerk.