Text of West Hollywood CA Impeachment Resolution on Bush and Cheney Released
Submitted by Chip on Tue, 2007-07-17 20:10. Impeachment
RESOLUTION NO. 07-3578
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD PETITIONING FOR
THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W.
BUSH AND VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD CHENEYTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney have committed high crimes and misdemeanors as they have repeatedly and intentionally violated the United States Constitution and other laws of the United Stats, particularly the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Torture Convention, which under Article VI of the Constitution is a treaty as part of the “supreme law of the land,” and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have actee to strip Americans of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detentions of citizens, without access to legal counsel, without charge, and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the President of the United States that a citizen is an “enemy combatant,” all in subversion of law; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have ordered and authorized the United States Attorney General to override judicial orders for the release of detainees under the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly INS) under their jurisdiction, even though the judicial officer after full hearing has determined that a detainee is held wrongfully the government; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have ordered on at least 30 (30) occasions the National Security Agency to intercept and otherwise record international telephone and other signals and communications by American citizens without warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in 1978, and designated U.S. citizens as “enemy combatants,” all in violation of constitutional guarantees of due process; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have admitted to willingly and repeatedly to have violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and boasted that they would continue to do so, each violation constituting a felony;
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have violated the United Nations Charter and other treaties prohibiting aggressive war by invading the sovereign nation of Iraq at great cost in lives, debt, and domestic security, without just cause or provocation, and has misled the United States Congress with deliberate or grossly, wantonly negligent falsehoods to obtain the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 93-102-1); and
WHEREAS, it is the uniform practice of the U. S. House of Representatives to receive petitions or resolutions from primary assemblies of people;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of West Hollywood submits that the actions and admissions of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney constitute ample grounds for their impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any offices of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City of West Hollywood that we request our representative in the United States Congress submit this Resolution as a petition to be published in the U.S. Congressional Record and that he introduce Articles of Impeachment against the President and Vice President.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Clerk of the City of West Hollywood is hereby instructed to certify to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, under the seal of the City of West Hollywood, a copy of this resolution and its adoption by the Council, a copy shall be marked with the word “Petition” at the top and contain the authorizing signature of the City Clerk.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of West Hollywood at a regular meeting held this 16th day of July, 2007 by the following vote:
UNANIMOUS.
JOHN J. DURAN, MAYOR
THOMAS R. WEST, CITY CLERK
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