The Case For Impeachment

From the TPM Muckracker: Members of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives have done some digging and found that President Bush has broken over two dozen federal laws (some multiple times). According to Rep. John Conyers (Democrat-MI):

The laws implicated by the Administration’s actions include federal laws against making false statements to congress [sic]; federal laws and international treaties prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment; federal laws concerning retaliating against witnesses and other government employees; Executive Orders concerning leaking and other misuse of intelligence; federal regulations and ethical requirements governing conflicts of interest; the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; communications privacy laws; the National Security Act; and the Fourth Amendment.

Sounds like the strongest argument for removal of a president in our nation's history. (And the vice-president, as well.)

A variation of this U.S. Congress set the bar for impeachment in 1998, and George W. Bush has reached that bar (or exceeded it) at least 26 times. It is time for Speaker Hastert to take the appropriate (and necessary) action.

Impeachment now.