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Passed by Amherst MA Democratic Town Committee on 11/1/06
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have committed acts which many serious Constitutional scholars consider to be impeachable offenses, including the following:
1) George W. Bush ordered the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance U.S. citizens without seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court, duly constituted by Congress in 1978 for the purpose of approving such warrants, thus violating Title 50 United States Code, Section 1805;
2) George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired to commit the torture of prisoners in violation of the "Federal Torture Act" Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Geneva Convention, which under Article VI of the Constitution are part of the "supreme Law of the Land";
3) George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired with others to defraud the United States by intentionally misleading Congress and the public regarding the threat from Iraq in order to justify invading and attacking that country in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371 and the United Nations Charter;
4) George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney attempted to strip U.S. citizens of their constitutional rights by ordering their indefinite detention without access to legal counsel, without charge and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge their detention, based solely on President’s designation of U.S. citizens as "enemy combatants", all in subversion of law;
5) As part of the continuing war in Iraq, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have violated the constitutional and international human rights of non-citizens by arbitrarily detaining hundreds of persons at Guantanamo Bay and other locations for more than four years without due process, without charges, and with limited – if any – access to counsel or courts;
6) George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have arrogated excessive power to the executive branch in violation of basic constitutional principles of the separation of powers while acting to undermine the authority of the legislative branch and the judiciary by issuing “signing statements” that claim that the executive branch may disregard laws enacted by Congress when the President or his subordinates deem it appropriate, and by the above referenced conduct; and,
WHEREAS, Petitions from the country at large may be presented by the Speaker of the House according to Clause 3 of House Rule XII;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct, warrant impeachment, trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the representative Town Meeting of the Town of Amherst, that our senators and representatives in the United States Congress be, and they are hereby, requested to cause to be instituted in the Congress of the United States proper proceedings for the investigation of the activities of the George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, to the end that they may both be impeached and removed from such office;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Amherst
