Russ Feingold to call for impeachment

[rodeodance]

I got this email today.


July 20, 2007

xxxx

Dear xxxx,

Thank you for contacting me regarding presidential impeachment.
I appreciate hearing from you.

The Constitution grants the House of Representatives the authority
to draft articles of impeachment, and gives the Senate the power to
try an impeachment. Each decision as to whether or not to convict
on each article must be made separately, and a conviction on any
single article is sufficient grounds for removal from office.

I believe the President should be held accountable for breaking the
law by authorizing warrantless wiretaps of Americans on
American soil. The President's claims of inherent executive
authority, and his assertions that the courts have approved this type
of activity, are baseless. He has broken the law, and he has made it
clear that he will continue to do so. The President must be held
accountable for his actions, and Congress must take action to
check the power of an executive branch that is willing to flout the
law.

That is why, on Monday, March 13, 2006, I introduced a resolution
to censure the President because of his actions. I believe that this
is an appropriate response to the President's illegal wiretapping
program. Congress must hold the President accountable for
authorizing a program that clearly violates the law and for
misleading the country about its existence and legality.

There is no question that the government should wiretap suspected
terrorists both inside and outside the United States to protect our
national security. But the President has not explained why the
government cannot comply with the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA), which sets out the procedures by which
the government can obtain a warrant from a secret court known as
the FISA Court to authorize electronic surveillance of individuals
in the United States who are suspected of terrorism or espionage.

As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence, I will continue to push for a full
congressional investigation and for full accountability. If you
would like to read the text of the censure resolution please go to
<http://feingold.senate.gov/censureresolution.pdf>.

To view the
statement I delivered on the Senate floor just prior to introducing
the resolution, please go to
<http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/statements/06/03/2006313.ht
ml>.

Thank you again for contacting me regarding holding the President
accountable for his actions. I look forward to hearing from you in
the future.


Sincerely,

Russell D. Feingold
United States Senator

If you wish to contact me again, please visit
http://feingold.senate.gov/contact.html.

[babylonsister]

1. No where in there does it say he's calling for impeachment, unless I'm

just missing that critical text.

[SteppingRazor]

2. Yeah, in fact, my reading of it is that he's happy with a simple censure

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

3. To be fair, on March 13, 2006, he introduced that; maybe he's had

a change of heart. If so, I wish he'd scream it from the rooftops.

[bunny planet]

4. He said quite clearly the other day over at Kos, sorry I don't have the link now,

that he thought the first priority would be ending the war in Iraq, that he believed his calling for censure was entirely appropriate but that impeachment would take too much time away from the important work that needed to be done.

I love Russ Feingold but I think he's wrong about this and I think he'll come to that conclusion soon himself, I just hope its not too late. In general, I think the Democrats are being lulled into a false sense of security knowing the Republicans are toast and that they'll lose big in 2008. However, BushDicktator have other plans in mind, as is suggested here http://therawstory.com/, and they have no intention of allowing a pesky thing like a Democratic landslide victory in 08 get in their way. I know Dems think they are so close to winning everything, why bother impeaching. What they need to be made to realize, again, before its too late, is that not impeaching risks their losing everything, aside from the fact that impeachment is the only right, honorable, Constitutionally prudent and appropriate thing to do. It really is the only way out of this mess and the window of opportunity for accomplishing it is closing rapidly.

:scared: