The Public Record: Three Part Guide to Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment
Posted by BuelahMan on June 14, 2008
B’Man: The Public Record is a relatively new blog whose focus is information gathering from the usually overlooked public record. They do some in-depth reporting and analysis on the politically charged events of the day. Of course, the internet has opened up many of these lines, but the more I read from folks like Elizabeth de la Vega, the more I appreciate what they are trying to do.
Elizabeth makes the case that many Americans don’t even know that Impeachment is being attempted by a patriot. When they do find out and decide to look into it, the detail can become so overbearing that people find “the allegations and citations so overwhelming they just switch off their minds.”
Like when you begin to put a child’s Christmas toy together and freak out while looking at the directions and simply start assembling shit having bolts and pieces left over when “finished”.
Please visit TPR’s site and read the entire article and track the upcoming “Parts” as Elizabeth publishes them.
Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment: A Three-Part Guide
By Elizabeth de la Vega
The Public Record
…For the past seven years, we have watched as evidence of President Bush’s deceit, contempt of Congress and abuse of power has piled up like rank seaweed on a beach. We cannot, in this summer of 2008, simply step around it and pretend it’s not there. There is a constitutional process to follow and we must follow it. If the threat of terrorism is not a reason to disregard the constitution – and it is not – then surely neither is an election.
So I have decided to offer some help, a modest contribution in the one area I know best: the presentation of charges. It’s a Three-Part Guide to the Articles of Impeachment. There is nothing fancy here — no sarcasm, no vitriol and no cynicism. Part I is a chart that itemizes the Articles of Impeachment with a subheading and a longer description. Part II will be also a chart which itemizes U.S. and international laws that are implicated by the charges in the Articles of Impeachment. (Quite properly, not every impeachable offense is based on a specific legal violation.) In Part III, to come early next week, I will present an opening statement setting forth - just as a prosecutor would do before a trial -what the evidence would show with regard to these allegations.
Forward them around, if you would. At the very least – before we decide to ignore it –we should all clearly and unflinchingly apprehend the nature and scope of this executive misconduct and its consequent human misery and damage to our country.
Part I: http://www.pubrecord.org/docs/vega/kucinich-bush-articles-of-impeachment.pdf
Part II: Coming Sunday June 15, 2008
Part III: Coming next week
Elizabeth de la Vega is a former federal prosecutor with more than 20 years of experience. During her tenure, she was a member of the Organized Crime Strike Force and chief of the San Jose Branch of the US attorney’s office for the Northern District of California.
The author of “United States v. George W. Bush et al,” she may be contacted at ElizabethdelaVega@Verizon.net or through Speakers Clearinghouse.
