National Lawyers Guild Passes Impeachment Resolution

[Hissyspit]

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/28354

National Lawyers Guild Passes Impeachment Resolution

Submitted by davidswanson on Sat, 2007-11-03 08:49. Impeachment
By James Marc Leas

The National Lawyers Guild on Friday unanimously and enthusiastically passed a resolution supporting the impeachment of Bush and Cheney

The resolution is here: PDF.

http://nlg.org/



The National Lawyers Guild is dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system. Through its members--lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers and legal workers united in chapters and committees--the Guild works locally, nationally and internationally as an effective political and social force in the service of the people.

Resolution on Impeachment of Bush and Cheney

Whereas George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney:

1. deliberately misled the nation and doctored intelligence, as described in the Downing Street
minutes, http://www.downingstreetmemo.com/memos.html about the threat from Iraq in order to
justify a war of aggression and an occupation of Iraq, as further described in House resolution H.
Res. 333 http://kucinich.house.gov/UploadedFiles/int3.pdf
and as listed in House Resolution H. Res. 635
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hr109-635

2. committed crimes against peace by initiating war against Iraq in violation of the UN Charter
http://www.worldpress.org/specials/iraq/;

3. committed crimes against humanity in their conduct of the occupation of Iraq in which they
killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and created millions of
refugees http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1892888,00.html and http://edition.cnn.com/2
006/WORLD/meast/10/13/iraq.main/index.html;

4. killed over 3700 American soldiers and severely wounded nearly 30,000 more in the pursuit of
an illegal, immoral, and unjust occupation of Iraq. While Bush and Cheney have stated no
truthful noble cause for the war, one of the central purposes appears to be to take control of Iraq's
immense oil reserves to financially benefit private corporate interests. See Bush's benchmark
listing fact sheet released the same day Bush announced the "surge" that expressly called on the
Iraq parliament to "enact hydrocarbons law to promote investment . . . "
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070110-

3.html and http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/56672/;
5. committed further crimes against peace by threatening Iran in violation of the UN Charter, as
described in House resolution H. Res. 333 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgibin/
query/z?c110:H.RES.333: and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6649053.stm;

6. detained thousands of prisoners without charges and without providing the ability to confront
their accusers at a fair trial http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Americas/United-States-of-
America;

7. condoned the torture of prisoners in violation of the Geneva Conventions, the US anti-torture
statute of 1994, the US War Crimes Act of 1996, and the oath of
office http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/05/24/usint8614.htm and
http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Americas/United-States-of-America and
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/03/24/bush_shuns_patriot_act_requirement/.
Bush's refusal to faithfully execute the laws prohibiting torture and his declaration on February 7,
2002 that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to prisoners in Afghanistan and in Guantanamo
set the stage for torture there http://hrw.org/reports/2004/usa0604/2.htm. The Rumsfeld approved
Guantanamo torture techniques were then imported to Iraq in August 2003, where the
International Committee of the Red Cross found "systemic" mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners in
several facilities and where the Schlesinger Report confirmed in August 2004 that abuses were
"widespread" and "serious both in number and in effect," and that there is both "institutional and
personal responsibility at higher levels;"

8. approved at least two different illegal electronic surveillance programs of American citizens
without a warrant in violation of the fourth amendment and in violation of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and repeatedly lied to the American people by stating that
no surveillance was taking place without a court order. The first program includes intercepting
phone and email conversations without warrants and was exposed by the NY Times on December
16, 2005 http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/CPC/NYT_15cnd-program.html. After that program
was exposed Bush said the program was carefully targeted to just include international calls and
suspected members of Al Qaeda. Then, the second program was exposed by USA Today on May
11, 2006. It provides a wholesale attack on the fourth amendment by recording call identification
information of tens of millions of purely domestic calls as well as international calls
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm;

9. attacked basic human rights protections in the constitution including habeas corpus, fifth
amendment freedom from loss of life, liberty and property without due process of law, eighth
amendment freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, and fourth amendment freedom from
unreasonable search and seizure;

10. attacked the separation of powers in an effort to consolidate power in the executive;

11. attacked the messenger who revealed that Bush "twisted" intelligence "to exaggerate the Iraqi
threat." Just as Nixon retaliated against former Pentagon analyst Daniel Ellsberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ellsberg, according to papers filed in court by special
prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald in April 2006, there was "concerted action" by "multiple people in
the White House" to "discredit, punish or seek revenge against" former Ambassador Joseph
Wilson for his July 6, 2003 NY Times op ed piece
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?ex=1372824000&en=6c6aeb1ce960
dec0&ei=5007 that ripped the cover off of Bush's false assertions in his 2003 state of the union
address that Iraq was trying to buy uranium from Africa for building a nuclear bomb. In
retaliation, and to silence other would-be critics, the White House collected information about
Wilson and disclosed to reporters that his wife, Valerie Plame, was a covert agent in the CIA
counterinsurgency division, putting her life, and the lives of her contacts, at risk in violation of a
US law protecting intelligence personnel (The Impeachment of George W. Bush, by Elizabeth
Holtzman);

12. as the sole person under the Federal Stafford Act with responsibility and authority to issue
emergency orders to mobilize the military and any federal resources needed to aid and assist in a
disaster (see Failure of Initiative, February 2006 report of the House Select Bipartisan
Committee to investigate the Preparations for and the Response to Hurricane Katrina
http://katrina.house.gov/), Bush failed to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, violated
the public trust, and demonstrated reckless and inexcusable indifference to human life before,
during and after Hurricane Katrina. Bush knew but did not act until too late, and then he lied
about it on national TV. Footage and transcripts from briefings Aug. 25-31 demonstrate that
Bush was personally told well in advance of the "unprecedented strength" of the hurricane, the
"devastating damage expected," and that "water shortages will make human suffering
incredible," according to highly accurate predictions by the National Weather Service. The
Associated Press reported that "in dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster
officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck
that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm
rescuers, according to confidential video footage," http://www.truthout.org/cgibin/
artman/exec/view.cgi/47/18079. Yet Bush failed to muster resources to evacuate residents in
advance and failed to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina hit. Then three days
later Bush told Good Morning America, "I don't think that anybody anticipated a breach of the
levees." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/
content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030202130.html In years before the storm
Bush demonstrated inexcusable criminal negligence and violated the public trust by cutting the
budget for hurricane defense, though the high probability of the breaching of the levees and the
enormous risk to human life from a major hurricane hitting New Orleans were predicted and well
known for years before the hurricane hit
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.chertoff/index.html;

13. failed to take care that the laws be faithfully executed by issuing signing statements
that claim the authority to disobey laws based on the president's own interpretation of their
constitutionality, and then by taking action in violation of these laws, including the US law
making torture a crime, laws regarding Congressional oversight that require providing
information to Congress, laws regarding domestic spying, laws regarding civil liberties, and laws
strengthening whistle blower protection, thereby expanding the president's own power by
stepping into the legislative and judicial functions at the expense of Congress and the
courts, upsetting the balance among the three branches of government, and moving us away from
the rule of law toward vastly increased executive
power; http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/04/30/bush_challenges_hundreds_of_l
aws/ and
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/03/24/bush_shuns_patriot_act_requirement/;

14. converted the Justice Department into an arm of the Republican Party by firing meritorious
federal prosecutors who refused to base decisions on whom to prosecute on political
considerations--to help Republicans win election, an offense James Madison discussed in a
speech to the Senate on June 17, 1789, in which Madison said, "The danger then consists merely in
this, the president can displace from office a man whose merits require that he should be continued in it.
What will be the motives which the president can feel for such abuse of his power, and the restraints that
operate to prevent it? In the first place, he will be impeachable by this house, before the senate, for such
an act of mal-administration; for I contend that the wanton removal of meritorious officers would subject
him to impeachment and removal from his own high
trust." http://www.gwu.edu/~ffcp/mep/displaydoc.cfm?docid=fc11904
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/27/113/print/;

15. condoned criminal conduct and obstructed justice by commuting the sentence of convicted
perjurer Scooter Libby to keep him silent and to demonstrate that Bush and Cheney will not
allow high officials in the administration to be held accountable for their criminal acts;

16. obstructed congressional investigations of these and other acts by the administration by
defying subpoenas from Senate and House committees seeking documents and testimony under
oath by administration officials and former administration officials; and

Whereas the constitution requires the president to take the following oath of office: "I do
solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and
will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States;"
and

Whereas the constitution provides that the president "shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed;" and

Whereas the constitution mandates that "the President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of,
Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors;" and

Whereas impeachment was so important to our founding fathers that it is mentioned six times in
five different sections of the constitution; and

Whereas George Mason, a primary author of the Constitution, said that impeachment was the
single most important part of the entire document. "Shall any man be above Justice? Above all
shall that man be above it who can commit the most extensive injustice?"
http://gunstonhall.org/georgemason/constitution.html July 20, 1787; and

Whereas "high Crimes and Misdemeanors" is a term of art that means a serious abuse of power,
whether or not it is also a crime, that endangers our constitutional system of government, or an
abuse of public trust. (See Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment: Report of the House
Judiciary Committee, 1974, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/
politics/special/clinton/stories/watergatedoc_3.htm, articles by Elizabeth Holzman who
served on the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment hearings of Richard Nixon in
1974 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060130/holtzman; and
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20070212&s=holtzman, and the book, The
Impeachment of George W. Bush, by Elizabeth Holtzman)

Whereas each of the above listed acts meets or exceeds that standard; and

Whereas impeachment is the only constitutional method to protect Americans from a president
intent on abusing power, violating the constitution, violating the laws, and breaching public trust;
and

Whereas Bush and Cheney threaten further crimes, including launching a war of aggression
against Iran, and whereas sufficient time remains in their term of office for them to commit those
crimes so allowing either or both of them to remain in office for that remaining time will
facilitate these crimes, and whereas pretexts for attacking Iran have been issued, as described by
a former CIA Middle East field officer and current Time Magazine columnist
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1654188,00.html; and

Whereas failing to hold Bush and Cheney accountable not only condones their crimes but
facilitates a future president committing similar or greater crimes; and

Whereas members of Congress swear an oath to "support and defend the constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic," and no part of this oath permits
exception for partisan advantage, the next election, political expediency, whether it is distracting
from other issues, or how much time they have left in office; and

Whereas failure by Congress to initiate the one remedy--impeachment--provided by our
founding fathers to protect the constitution from such serious abuses has put that constitution, the
rule of law, civil liberties, our democratic form of government, the separation of powers, the
lives of our men and women in uniform, and the lives of countless civilians at severe risk; and

Whereas citizen pressure led the Vermont State Senate and 87 cities and towns around the
nation to pass impeachment resolutions; and

Whereas a poll conducted by http://www.americanresearchgroup.com on July 5, 2007 found that
54% of American adults want the US House of Representatives to begin impeachment
proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney while only 40% oppose, and whereas the poll
also found that 45% are in favor of the same thing for President George W. Bush while 46%
oppose; and

Whereas in view Congress' ongoing complicity with the war, the torture, the lies, the warrantless
wiretapping, and the imprisonment without trial, and its failure to protect rights and civil
liberties, it is up to the people themselves to defend the constitution and our civil liberties by
building larger grassroots movements, including a movement for impeachment;

Therefore be it resolved that the National Lawyers Guild calls upon the U.S. House of
Representatives to immediately initiate impeachment proceedings, to investigate the charges, and
if the investigation supports the charges, to vote to impeach George W. Bush and Richard B.
Cheney as provided in the Constitution of the United States of America; and

Be it further resolved that the National Lawyers Guild will establish an NLG Impeachment
Committee open to all members to coordinate action by the NLG in support of impeachment, to
work with national and grassroots impeachment organizations, and to provide legal assistance for
those efforts to strengthen the national campaign for impeachment; and

Be it further resolved that the NLG Impeachment Committee will help organize and coordinate
events at the local, state, and national level to build public participation in the campaign to
initiate impeachment investigation, impeachment, and removal of Bush and Cheney from office
without further delay; and

Be it further resolved that the National Lawyers Guild calls on NLG members to ask their
respective member of Congress to support H. Res. 333 to impeach Cheney and to introduce or
support other impeachment resolutions; and

Be it further resolved that the National Lawyers Guild calls on all other state and national bar associations, state and local government bodies, community organizations, labor unions, and all
other citizen associations to adopt similar resolutions and to use all their resources to build the
campaign demanding that Congress initiate impeachment investigation, impeach, and remove
Bush and Cheney from office without further delay; and

Be it further resolved that the National Lawyers Guild will forward a copy of this resolution to the Speaker and the Clerk of the US House of Representatives, to Representative John Conyers,
Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, to the various state and federal bar associations, to
other peace and justice organizations, and to the news media.

Implementation: By the NLG Impeachment Committee established by this resolution, by
interested local chapters, and by national officers.

Submitted by: James Marc Leas, [e-mail]

The resolution cosponsors are:
Audrey Bomse, Marjorie Cohn, Laura Safer Espinoza, John Wheat Gibson , Eileen Hansen,
Larry Hildes, Jim Klimaski, Jordan Kushner, Jim Lafferty, James Marc Leas, Kerry McLean,
Bill Monning, Dorinda Moreno, Michael Ratner, Susan Scott, Jennifer Van Bergen, Aaron
Varhola, Karen Weill

[hobbit709]

1. Everybody gets it except the Democratic leadership.

[H2O Man]

2. That raises an

interesting question, doesn't it? Suppose there was a basketball game, between the Democrats and Republicans, in the semi-finals of the national championship. And every time that the Democrats got the ball, their captains called for it. Once they got it, they handed it over to the other team, who then scored.

At the end of the game, when our team lost by a huge score, if the captains said, "Yes, but our team did pretty good on the rebounding," would we think it was a valid point? Or that they were really playing for our team?

[druidity33]

11. here's the topper

you stand up and cry out to complain about how the game is unfair and the guy beside you (who you know to be a Democrat) says, "Idiot, be realistic, this is the way the game is played"

:shrug:

[H2O Man]

13. Yes, exactly.

In the past 36 hours, I've heard a LOT of that, and the "what's the use?" bit.

It's not a game, and we have the responsibility to save our democracy. We can't expect much help from those in congress.

We're up against it. That makes every effort that people like you and I make it all that much more important.

[datavg]

38. Okay...

...so you don't shut up.

Fine. But you still lose. And that's what matters to most people. That's what matters to me.

We're sixty days from the Iowa caucuses. If you think the House is gonna start impeachment proceedings now, you're just stupid.

Bush won two terms. It's time to figure out how to keep the next Republican nominee from carrying all those states in the south and beating us again.

Until the Democrats figure that out, they won't be much of a force in American politics. I had a European Politics prof in college who told us point blank that if the Democrats don't start running fifty state campaigns, they're not gonna be around. That's the same thing Howard Dean said in front of the DNC in 2004, almost word for word.

Do you realize Bill Clinton was the first Democrat to win two terms in office since Franklin Roosevelt? Truman couldn't do it. Kennedy didn't live to try. Johnson couldn't do it. Carter couldn't do it.

AND...the reason Clinton was able to do that was because he won all those states in the south. Hillary isn't likely to do as well, plus there's the issue of her negatives being already so high. Every registered Republican on the planet will turn out to vote against her next Fall.

Did you know Bill Clinton failed to carry Florida in 1996 and STILL easily won the election? WHY? Because of the south. And now, this time around, Elizabeth Edwards is hearing noises that Democrats don't think they have to win in the south in order to take the White House. She knows better and so do I.

We need Gore, and if he doesn't run...we're probably cooked.

[WheelWalker]

43. Please be mindful of your thoughts, grasshopper....

for with our thoughts we create the world. If you would be "cooking" others with your mind, please do not include us idiots. After all, What the Bleep do we know?

[diane in sf]

53. Bush didn't "win" two terms, he stole both.

[tomp]

66. an excellent point...

...which apparently cannot be repeated often enough.

[cynthia]

82. You nailed it

Anyone who is worrying about winning this red state or that one (south, west, midwest, doesn't matter) is focusing on the wrong issue. We need reliable elections. We haven't had that for 7 years and I don't see how 2008 is going to be any different.

We need paper ballots in every precinct. I am willing to go to sleep on election night not knowing who won, as long as the election is fair and the person who gets the most votes is the one who takes the oval office in Jan 2009

[datavg]

89. Are You Saying...

...Dukakis' loss in 1988 wasn't fair, that he actually won the election?

That's not what Susan Estrich says. Not by a long shot. She says The Duke didn't look presidential. Her placing him in a helmet that made him look like a monkey didn't help matters either. She says she'll live with that the rest of her life.

Are you also saying Mondale actually won the election in 1984? That's so crazy I won't even comment on it.

Are you saying Carter won the election in 1980? Carter's a good man but Reagan's siren song of anti-government was just too much to bear. As a result, the American public now has a set of economic and fiscal expectations that aren't likely to be met by any one of the Democrats currently running except for possibly Hillary Clinton...

...and about half the posters here say Hillary isn't even a real Democrat. That's bad.

Kate Michelman is advising John Edwards...who comes from one of the most conservative states there is. The gun laws in North Carolina make Texas look progressive, so how's this guy gonna carry anything in the South? He couldn't help Kerry win anything there last time. Why would 2008 be any different?

Most of our professional population growth is in the 'burbs of large southern cities...and the party is dead there. Go to Collin in Texas or Forsyth in northern Georgia or even Loudoun in Virginia. Loudoun is a little better than the other two because Virginia is starting to turn pink (transforming from a red state to a pink state) but it'll never be a blue state. Jim Webb is sort-of-a-Democrat. In California, there's a name for someone like him. They're called Republicans. I think he's actually more conservative than Ted Strickland, the new governor of Ohio.

[datavg]

87. Uh, Yeah...

...just like Daley stole the election for old man Kennedy to put his son in the White House in 1960?

Your serve.

[Danger Mouse]

68. A slight nitpick on your post...

Truman and Johnson didn't lose. They both just chose not to run again. Truman wanted to retire, and Johnson was disgraced by the mess he helped create in Vietnam.

Anyway, I disagree with your analysis of the situation. I think impeachment at this point has significant symbolic value. We need to show the country and the world that Bush's abuses of power are NOT okay. By doing nothing, we do not discourage a future president, whether Dem or Repub, from doing the same.
We need to uphold the constitution. Just standing by and doing nothing is not acceptable. This is our COUNTRY, if we don't defend the very basic principals on which it was founded, we compromise everything.

[rambler_american]

76. YES!

eom

[Skidmore]

3. Send it to Pelosi and Hoyer...

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Send to the democratic leaders in congress by registered mail!

[ooglymoogly]

12. In my opinion the DLC is in bed with AIPAC

that would explain some of Shumers chutzpa in giving the ball away again.

[enough]

5. K&R for the National Lawyers Guild.

[flashl]

6. K&R n/t

[Hissyspit]

7. .

[Didereaux]

8. 15 FINALLY! our leaders probably could not draft such ...

Considering the general intelligence level of the Congress, and Democratic leaders in particular, it is highly likely they hadn't a clue as to how to draft such a document. I agree with a previous poster, send a REGISTERED copy to your COngressman, and as many others as you can afford. That eliminates one weasel hole.

thanks to the OP for this post

[DCKit]

9. Woo Hoo!!!!! nt

[Amonester]

10. K&R

Over 'n over 'n over 'n over.

[Gregorian]

14. Wow. This makes my day.

Whereas each of the above listed acts meets or exceeds that standard.

OMG, that sentence alone says more than anything.

Maybe this is the beginning of the end. Hopefully? I don't know what clout they carry, but hopefully it's significant.

[understandinglife]

15. I'd like to see at least 1000 DUers recommend this one ... and send it ...

... to everyone they know, as well as the folk in DC we pay to represent us ...

[rockybelt]

21. Good idea

I am going to do exactly that! I live in Missouri and I will be sending to Bond, who is garbage, and McCaskill. Will also be sending to house members.
Everybody should do this.

[Karenina]

57. ...

:kick:

[emilyg]

26. OK

[Gregorian]

16. This is BRUTAL.

I'm jumping up and down. And I'm as sick as a dog today!

This is a laundry list of every single illegal act they have perpetrated.

Finally.

[Me.]

17. K & R

:applause:

[jemsan]

19. Send this to Nancy Pelosi....

as she stated several weeks ago that if anyone could tell her of one impeachable offense she'd like to hear it! Okay Nancy, are you ready?

[Elspeth]

18. Too bad the NLG is not in Congress

and can have very little effect.

[windoe]

20. GOOD timing on this

with Kuchinich proposing Cheney's impeachment next week--I think what needs to happen is for everything to come down at once, media blitz, and a massive show of solidarity, because this administration has simply gone far enough.

[The Wielding Truth]

22. K& R, too! Some congressional of oversight is not enough!

The Republicon thieves need to be kicked out!

[Disturbed]

24. Another non relevant Focus Group for the Busholini Regime

to scoff at.

[Oldenuff]

23. More average Joes (and Josephines)

need to turn off American I-Dull and get their letters to their representatives written,or called on the phone.No doubt that the Repugs need to be removed from office,but there also seems to be a very Large number of Democrats that need a good whipping...(starting with Pelosi)

[me b zola]

25. Every word in this resolution is an indictment of those in power...

...and is an embrace of the Constitution and the people.



Thank you, thank you, thank you. :applause:

[porphyrian]

27. And kick that again. -n/t

[Lugnut]

28. K&R

My only regret is that I am limited to one recommendation.

[Autumn Colors]

29. K&R (nm)

[donf]

30. BIG K&R!

Let's flood our so-called "representatives" with copies of this resolution!

I hope Dennis Kucinich can use this on the floor of the House next week.

[FREEWILL56]

55. It couldn't hurt our cause for sure.

After seeing all of the new DUers, I'll say welcome and I'm glad so many are here expressing themselves while they can.
BIG K&R

[southerncrone]

31. K&R!! This is HUGH!1!1!!!!!!1!

[Progressive Friend]

32. K&R

[Kaleko]

33. Impeach, Investigate, Indict, Imprison!

The whole world is waiting for the "good Americans" to unite and take their country back from these ruthless crooks.

[jcla]

67. YES!

Let's get Bushco here and in the Hague!

[Maat]

34. I love Professor Marjorie Cohn ... of Thomas Jefferson Law ...

she's the president of the guild! Woohoo!

[Quixote1818]

35. This is what the truth looks like under the laws of this nation. nt

[Trillo]

36. K & R and bookmark !

An excellent summary of the nature of our current Unitary Executive.

[go west young man]

37. Hell Yes! Now that is an indictment worth reading.

If only our Democratic "leaders" had the kind of guts to put together something like that.

[OnyxCollie]

39. K&R. nt

[NoGodsNoMasters]

40. NIIIIIIIICE!

Thats' what I like to see! =)

[SeattleGirl]

41. w00t!!!!!

K&R!

[Swamp Rat]

42. k&r

[WheelWalker]

44. This is it, ladies and gentlemen....here we go. For some, it is the

second call in one lifetime to pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. Wherever this leads, it does not end here. Here, it begins.

[cascadiance]

45. Kick and R #100

[sce56]

46. I have to thank my sis she is a member!

and this is definetly not her!

[countryjake]

47. Kicking & Recommending

Drive Out the Bush Regime!

[countryjake]

79. Today's KICK!

[Hissyspit]

48. .

[bjobotts]

49. Never too late for these mass murdrers. Bush/Cheney should be in prison.

His administration should also be indicted...from Rove to Rice , Gonzales to Rumsfeld. All of them tried and imprisoned.

Hope this gets international attention. A strong message of what will not be tolerated...the attempt to shred the constitution.

[Name removed]

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[AikidoSoul]

71. Incendiary comments are not welcome

You should delete your post if you still can. Words like these can cause many problems for you and this site.

[12string]

51. Impeachment

  We can not expect to regain any of our former standing in
the eyes of the international community until these criminals
are held accountable.This is my first K&R.

[ClayZ]

52. Yay! K and R

:toast:

[Middle finga]

54. K&R, This is good news

I was wondering when the lawyers of america were going to speak up. If the leadership in congress don't want to uphold the law they should also be charged as co conspirators.

[sss1977]

56. argh....

Error: You don't have enough posts to recommend a thread

I tried...

[chill_wind]

60. I'll do it for ye. k&R #150.

Welcome aboard DU! :-)

[democrank]

58. K & R for the Constitution

This isn`t about winning. We either support the Constitution or we don`t.

[Kjaereste]

59. K&R!

Better late than never.

[chill_wind]

61. Sixteen articles. This list should be bookmarked and preserved in many, many places. Forever. n/t

[Perry Logan]

62. A bit late in the game, isn't it?

[DemReadingDU]

63. morning kick

[earth mom]

64. Awesome even though it's long overdue. nt

[Hissyspit]

65. .

[mogster]

69. Already recommended - kick!

:kick:

[Poiuyt]

70. Kick

But I was too late to recommend

[AikidoSoul]

72. Me too...... damn!

Kick

[Karenina]

73. . .

[fenriswolf]

74. k & r

can someone spell it out for me? what does this mean from a legal standpoint? what can the layers guild do except spell it out for everyone?

[Rex]

75. THANK FUCKING GOD.

Sorry.

[Hissyspit]

77. kick

[Karenina]

78. And another.

THERE IS STILL TIME TO REC UNDERSTANDINGLIFE'S THREAD IN SUPPORT OF THIS ONE!!! LET'S ROLL, KIDS!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2201269

[burrowowl]

80. Kick for Hissyspit and the NLG!

[debbierlus]

81. I sent this to Pelosi - as if she will listen to the people....

What a disappointment the dem 'leadership' & the 'new' Congress have proven to be...

They are digging the grave of the democratic party. If they don't act soon, we will all be in for years of
a theocratic rule. Perhaps, someday a new democratic/progressive party will arise & throw these people into the dust of history.
I, for one, am ready NOW.

[Hissyspit]

83. .

[provis99]

84. National Lawyers Guild = Communist front organization

Sorry. No recommendation from me.

[Hissyspit]

85. Oh, please. What a load of shit.

Who are you, J. Edgar Hoover reborn? Come, repeat some more right-wing talking points.

They're Communist the way I'm Communist, which is, not, but supportive of progressive and often unpopular causes.

[Hissyspit]

86. Monday morning kick. n/t

[Hissyspit]

88. .

[Hissyspit]

90. .