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Title: Is There a Case for Impeachment?
Source:
afterdowningstreet.org
URL Source: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/8238
Published: Feb 25, 2006
Author: Harpers Magazine
Post Date: 2006-02-25 13:20:35 by robin
Keywords: Impeachment?, There, Case
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Comments: 8
Poster Comment: That's all there is, we should watch for any coverage. If anyone makes it there, let us know.
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#2. To: robin (#0)
Moving articles of impeachment against Bush would probably be premature at this point. But what about such members of the cabinet as Chertoff, Snow, Rumsfeld, and Gonzales? And what about Cheney? Even if such motions would go nowhere today, they would be a way to start the ball rolling. Remember how Bob Barr was moving articles of impeachment against Clinton years before the Monica scandal broke.
That would probably be easier, well except for Cheney. Has this happened before, to a cabinet member? Even if such motions would go nowhere today, they would be a way to start the ball rolling. Remember how Bob Barr was moving articles of impeachment against Clinton years before the Monica scandal broke. And it raises awareness.
Yes, beyond the clear language of the Constitution permitting it, there's precedent for impeaching cabinet members in the impeachment of Secretary of War Belknap in the 19th century. Well before Parliament went after King Charles I, they impeached, removed, (and executed) his chief advisers, Strafford and Laud.
#5. To: aristeides (#4)
Well before Parliament went after King Charles I, they impeached, removed, (and executed) his chief advisers, Strafford and Laud. Thanks, I'll bet Belknap's crimes were nothing next to Rumsfeld's. Yes, I found this link: In March 1876, he was accused of malfeasance in office for accepting over $24,000 in bribes from a post trader seeking immunity from removal. It is not clear whether he was aware of the arrangement or whether his wife had made the bargain and accepted the payoffs. Nevertheless, he was impeached by a unamious vote of the United States Senate, though at his formal trial the Senate fell short of the number of votes required to convict. By then he had resigned, which doubtless accounted for his acquittal.
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#3. To: aristeides (#2)
Moving articles of impeachment against Bush would probably be premature at this point. But what about such members of the cabinet as Chertoff, Snow, Rumsfeld, and Gonzales? And what about Cheney?
#4. To: robin (#3)
Replies to Comment # 4. Yes, beyond the clear language of the Constitution permitting it, there's precedent for impeaching cabinet members in the impeachment of Secretary of War Belknap in the 19th century.
#6. To: aristeides, robin, Zipporah, christine, OKCSubmariner (#4)
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