Vermont v. Bush: Bringing W to Justice

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Vermont v. Bush: Bringing W to Justice
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081117/nichols



As Bush prepares to exit the White House--with the Iraq War ongoing and impeachment taken "off the table" by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi--activists in the brave little state are not satisfied to let a lawless president simply hightail it home to Texas. Enter Charlotte Dennett, muckraking author of books and articles detailing environmental destruction caused by Big Oil companies; National Writers Union activist; and practicing attorney from Cambridge, Vermont--population 3,186. Running for state attorney general on the ticket of Vermont's feisty Progressive Party--which holds a half-dozen legislative seats and a statewide ballot line--Dennett declares, "The Office of Attorney General allows me to combine my investigative skills with my legal powers in order to put these skills to work for you. As the state's top lawyer, I will prosecute those who willfully break the law. I believe that no one, not even the President of the United States, is above the law." That's not just campaign rhetoric. If she wins her uphill race, Dennett proposes to appoint Vincent Bugliosi, the man who put Charles Manson in jail during a career in which he successfully tried twenty-one murder cases, as a state special prosecutor charged with bringing Bush to justice.

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1. For us to repair our international standing, this must happen

they must face the justice they sought to subjugate.

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2. Unfortunately Dennett didn't win....

But she did meet the 5% threshold required for the Progressive party to retain major-party status.