Impeach

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“The grave question the Constitution tasked senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. Yes, he did. The president asked a foreign government to investigate his political rival. The president withheld vital military funds from that government to press it to do so. The president delayed funds for an American ally at war with Russian invaders. The president’s purpose was personal and political. Accordingly, the president is guilty of an appalling abuse of public trust.” Mitt Romney

Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report (12/2019)

From hush money to Trump impeachment, 2019 was a dizzying year of corruption and scandal (12/30/2019)

Trump’s Impeachment and the Imperial Presidency (12/18/2019)

Judiciary Committee Report Argues Trump ‘Betrayed the Nation’ (12/16/2019)

Judiciary Committee impeachment report alleges Trump committed 'multiple federal crimes' (12/16/2019)

I believe that 4 more years of Donald Trump will mean the end of our democracy - and the inevitable end of all life on our planet because - with respect to climate change - the point of no return will have been reached. I do not understand the motivation or the behavior of the Republicans in the Senate who continue to support Donald Trump. They seem beyond reach. They are like the followers of the cult leader, Jim Jones - eager to drink the Kool Aid. Amy Adams

McConnell: “American Justice is a Fair Trial Where the Jury is Corrupt, Evidence is Hidden, and Witnesses Can’t Testify” (1/8/2020)

What’s Different About This Impeachment, It’s not the offense, but rather one party’s rejection of reality. (12/14/2019)

Impeach Trump. Save America. (12/10/2019)

The following major newspapers support impeachment of President Trump: The Boston Globe, Washington Post,Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, the New York Times. New London Day, Salt Lake Tribune, Tampa Bay Times, Orlando Sentinel, NY Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, SF Chronicle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Impeach (NYT editorial 12/14/2019)

Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Support/Oppose

Trump Is the Founders’ Worst Nightmare (12/2/2019)

Trump won't lose his job – but the impeachment inquiry is still essential: Robert Reich (12/1/2019)

PollerCoaster 2020: Fox News Is Trump’s Last Impeachment Hope (11/7/2019)

Noam Chomsky weighs in on impeachment, 2020 election and Syria withdrawal: ‘Trump is impeachable 100 times over’ (11/1/2019)

Impeachment and Removal is not a Criminal Proceeding. (10/1/2019)

Impeaching Trump Is Good for the Economy (9/26/2019) Paul Krugman

The 135 House Democrats calling for an impeachment inquiry into Trump (9/12/2019)

It’s Time To Get Trump’s Taxes: The Danger Of Not Pursuing Impeachment

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.” Cicero

Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats are gearing up to drop the hammer on Donald Trump (7/15/2019)

Impeach Donald Trump (March issue of the Atlantic)

Mueller Prosecutors: Trump Did Obstruct Justice (4/26/2019)

Impeaching Trump: A Database of Arguments and Analyses

The Trump Campaign Conspired With the Russians. Mueller Proved It. (4/25/2019)

The Danger in Not Impeaching Trump (4/25/2019)

Donald Trump's 10 Impeachable Offenses

The Inevitability of Impeachment (12/27/2018)

Why Democrats Must Impeach the President (Tom Steyer) 11/8/2018

Here's Why Mike Pence Is Worse Than Gerald Ford — And Why the Left Should Think Twice About Calling for Trump’s Impeachment (7/17/2018)

50 Terrible Ideas That Could Become Law If Trump Is Impeached and Pence Becomes President (5/21/2017)

Need to Impeach

(letter to the Editor NYT)

The argument that we need more proof before pressing for impeachment proceedings against President Trump belies the facts. We already have overwhelming evidence that the president has committed impeachable offenses, including obstruction of justice; violations of the anti-corruption provisions of the Constitution (the emoluments clauses); abuse of the pardon power; undermining the freedom of the press; recklessly threatening nuclear war against foreign nations; directing or seeking to direct law enforcement, including the Department of Justice and the F.B.I., to prosecute political adversaries for improper purposes; and giving aid and comfort to white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

Whether the president was directly involved in a conspiracy with the Russian government to interfere with the 2016 election remains the subject of Robert Mueller’s investigation. But we do not need to wait for the outcome of that criminal investigation before moving forward with an impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives on whether the president has committed crimes against the state: abuse of power and abuse of the public trust.

Our Constitution is facing one of its greatest tests. We must rise to defend it, using the power of the impeachment clause to confront the unprecedented corruption of the presidency. That starts with the launch of an impeachment investigation of Mr. Trump.

JOHN C. BONIFAZ BEN T. CLEMENTS

The writers are, respectively, the president and chairman of Free Speech for People.

"If you, my fellow Americans, will not demand the impeachment of the worst president in American history, a man who is a traitor to our Constitution, an instigator of unjust wars, a destroyer of worlds, a strutting global tyrant, and a threat to the very survival of human life on this planet, who will you impeach?" (continued)

Senator Leahy's recommendation: (video about 6 minutes)

 

Elizabeth De La Vega on Articles of Impeachment

Articles of Impeachment sent to Judiciary Committee (pdf file)

Bibliography

Endgame: Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump by Eric Swalwell

A Case for the American People, the United States v. Donald J. Trump by Norman Eisen (former special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee)

Where Law Ends, Inside the Mueller Investigation by Andrew Weissmann

Impeach, the Case Against Donald Trump: Neal Katyel

To end a presidency : the power of impeachment, Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz

Impeaching Trump: could a liberal fantasy become a nightmare? Ganesh Sitaraman

The Case For Impeaching Trump by Elizabeth Holtzman

The Case For Impeachment: Allan J. Lichtman

American Nuremberg: The U.S. Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes: Rebecca Gordon

Impeachment of George W. Bush by Elizabeth Holtzman with Cynthia L.Cooper.

US v Bush: Elizabeth de la Vega

Articles of Impeachment (the book)

Genius of Impeachment: John Nichols.

Cheating Justice, How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law, Plotted to Avoid Prosecution - and What We Can Do About It. Elizabeth Holtzman

A Question of Torture: Alfred McCoy

Mainstreaming Torture: Rebecca Gordon

The Dark Side: Jane Mayer

The Language of Empire: Abu Ghraib and the American Media by Lila Rajiva

Standard Operating Procedure: Philip Gourevitch 

Truth, Torture, and the American Way: Jennifer Harbury

Conyer's report on the Constitution in crisis

Impeach the President: Dennis Loo & Peter Phillips

Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder: Vincent Bugliosi

Impeachment process against Richard Nixon