HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2006-059 To Support U.S. House Resolution 635 (Possible Impeachment of President George W. Bush)~i ~.s--~zU~ ~ ~ s' g
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RESOLUTION TO THE NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
WHEREAS, Section 603 of the Manual of the Rules of the United States House of
Representative provides for impeachments to be initiated on a motion based on
charges transmitted from a state legislature; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has committed high crimes and misdemeanors as he has
repeatedly and intentionally violated the United States Constitution and other laws
of the United States, particularly the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the
Torture Convention, which under Article V 1 of the constitution is a treaty as part of
the supreme law of the land; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has acted to strip Americans of their constitutional rights by
ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to legal counsel, without
charge and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial offer to challenge
the detention, based solely on the discretion designation by the President of a U.S.
citizen as an enemy combatant, all in subversion of law; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has ordered and authorized the Attorney General to override
judicial orders for the release of detainees under U. S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services jurisdiction, even though the judicial officer after full hearing has
determined that a detainee is held wrongfully by the Government; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has admitted that he willfully and repeatedly violated the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act, and boasted that he would continue to do so, each
violation constituting a felony; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners submits that his actions and
admissions constitute ample grounds for his impeachment, and that the General
Assembly of the State of North Carolina has good cause for submitting charges to
the U.S. House of Representatives under Section 603 as grounds for George W.
Bush's impeachment and the investigation should extend to possible impeachable
misconduct by Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney.
The Orange County Board of Commissioners further submits that Articles of
Impeachment should charge that George W. Bush has violated his constitutional
oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, by acting
in a manner subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the
cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the State of
North Carolina and the United States of America.
WHEREFORE, George W. Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, removal
from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any offices of honor, trust or
profit under the United States of America.
This the 27~' day of June 2006.