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The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office | 
| Authors: Dave Lindorff, Barbara Olshansky
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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ISBN: 031237254X
Dewey Decimal Number: 342.73062
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Publication Date: May 29, 2007
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It’s time to act—and this is the guide. Now in paperback to meet a rising public demand, here is a hard-hitting argument for the impeachment of George W. Bush—and top members of his administration. Events since the book’s hardcover release—including court decisions regarding war crimes and violations of the FISA law on wiretapping—have only heightened the urgency. Methodically detailing the Bush regime’s offenses and refuting its lies and deceptions, investigative reporter Dave Lindorff and constitutional rights specialist Barbara Olshansky explain why the president and his inner circle should be removed from office for high crimes and misdemeanors. Among the most grievous harms: • misleading the nation into war • authorizing and encouraging the use of torture • failing in almost every way to defend the homeland and our borders • undermining habeas corpus and other traditional rights
• illegal NSA wiretapping, mail opening, and other assaults on the Bill of Rights
• the catastrophic federal failure to respond to Hurricane Katrina
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For the Good Times As Well As the Bad April 7, 2008
Edwin C. Pauzer (New York City)
56 out of 83 found this review helpful
The first few pages did not grab my attention. In fact I was disappointed because it was talking about how it hoped the elections of November 2006 would turn out. My next mistake was comparing this book to others rather than on its own merit. Somewhere after the first several pages, the authors hit their stride or I did, and the book held my attention to the end.
Authors Lindorff and Olshansky first ask the question, "Why impeachment?" in which they lay out the deceit and deception perpetrated by Bush & Co. They give the history of impeachment and how it has evolved in American law. Here Lindorff and Olshansky introduce nuance of impeachment that I had not been aware of. "In 1974, the House Judiciary Committed examined the history of federal impeachment proceedings and issued a report describing three categories of impeachable offenses..." 1) "actions involving or exceeding or abusing the constitutional limits on the powers of the office at the expense of the powers of another branch of government" 2) "conduct fundamentally incomparable with the function and purpose of the office of the offender" and 3) are "actions that involved using the power and authority of the offenders' office for an improper purpose or for personal gain."
The authors start the next six chapters with an article of impeachment for George W. Bush. They make excellent arguments for impeachment under several of them e.g. When George Bush adds signing statement to bills stating what parts of the bill he will enforce or ignore, or claims that it does not apply to him, he is relegating the legislative branch to an advisory role rather than an equal branch of government. George Bush has taken the first step toward dictatorship by disavowing his vow to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States. Bush claims this right as commander in chief even though the Constitution clearly states that the President is the C in C of the army and navy only.
But Herr Bush is not their only consideration for impeachment. They add Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, and Alberto Gonzalez. Here the authors are kind enough to make an important distinction for the reader. The president is the only one who is protected from criminal indictment while in office. His impeachment means only removal from office. However, all the others described here can be impeached and indicted for criminal charges. The knowledgeable reader will be able to imagine with a fair degree of accuracy what those charges might entail.
The appendices here are kind of the grand prize. They include The Downing Street Memo, the Niger Forgeries, the Taguba Report, the International Committee of the Red Cross Report, the FBI Memo Regarding Torture at Guantanamo, the Gonzalez Memo on Torture, The Federal Indictment of I. Lewis Libby, and the Rumsfeld Memo on Torture. These all point to incompetence, deception of the American people, violation of our treaties and the Geneva Conventions. All of these come under the province of high crimes and misdemeanors.
In closing the authors remind us that, "The Constitution was not just conceived as a document for the good times, It was meant to guide the nation through times of conflict, trouble, and stress as well.
It's also bigger than any one man.
Also recommended:
Wolf, Naomi, "The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot."
Nichols, John, "The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders Cure for Royalism."
Greenwald, Glenn, "How Would a Patriot Act: Defending American Values From a President Run Amok."
Center for Constitutional Rights, "Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush.
Michael Isikoff and David Corn, "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War.
 Living on Fantasy Island December 27, 2007
Kevin E. Devereaux (USA)
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
The nice people who wrote this book put forth 10 "grounds" for impeaching President Bush.
In order for one to put forth these "grounds" for impeachment with a straight face I can only conclude that that person has not really been paying attention, or they have extremely limited reasoning skills
1. Stole Florida election in 2000.
Gore started the recounts, the recount worked its way through the courts, the Supreme Court decided seven to two to stop the recount the way it was being done, and five to four to let Secretary Harris's certification of the election stand. The issue worked its way through the system the way it was supposed to, the system reached a conclusion. Bottom line George Bush "stole" nothing.
2. Lied on Iraq to Congress, the Public, and the United Nations.
To lie is to knowingly tell a falsehood. The position articulated by the Bush administration with regard to Iraq's WMD's and other bad behavior, is the same position that every major intelligence agency believed. The British, the French, the Israelis, the Italians, the Russians, etc. all believe the same thing about Saddam and his weapons program. No objective observer could conclude that Bush lied.
3. 9-11 Cover-Up and Obstruction of Justice.
The most ridiculous charge on a list of ridiculous charges. It truly does not warrant a response. Only the most mentally deranged subscribe to the various 9/11 cover-up theories.
4. Violated Rights of Citizens including Habeas Corpus.
Who? Irregular enemy combatants have no rights. You hold them until the war is over, or you execute them. That's just how it is that's all they're entitled to. Close Gitmo,hang them all.
5. NSA Program to Listen to Citizens without Warrant.
A practice that existed pre-9/11, under the Clinton administration. No lefties are whining about that. POST 9/11 GWB clearly had authority to surveil communications between enemy combatants and persons in the US. Lefties need to remember that FISA does not trump the presidents constitutional powers.
6. Violated International Treaties Including Geneva Convention.
The irregular combatants of Al Qaeda are covered by I believe the fourth Geneva Convention. Under that agreement you regular/terrorist combatants once captured can be interrogated by almost any means and promptly executed. Only real soldiers are entitled to the protections of the of the Geneva conventions.
7. Actively Encouraged, as a Policy, Use of Torture.
No evidence to support this.
8. Gross Negligence on Hurricane Katrina.
1300 schoolbuses underwater, Ray Nagan fleeing with his family to Texas. Louisiana's governor crying instead of asking for federal help.
Whatever flaws there were in FEMa's response, responsibility for the initial response was with the city and state they bungled it incredibly, they failed completely.
9. Iraq Contract Corruption--Bremer "Lost" $8 billion in cash, sole source awards, and gross negligence in managing the peace.
Wars cost money.HeckMassachusetts lost $15 billion on the Big Dig.
10. Stole Ohio election in 2004.
Oh please stop. The lefties in the fools ran a pompous, bloviating, anti-American lowlife (who yes spent four months in Vietnam), who lost by about 4 million votes nationwide, but Bush stole Ohio. Puuuuleeeezzzz.
In summary this is a book by and for moonbats.
echo chamber anybody? December 27, 2007
Atul_74
12 out of 19 found this review helpful
my god, every review here is written by a complete moron.
Statistically, that should be impossible. And yet, you all pull it off! Congratulations.
9-11 cover up? huh? are we back to believing that Mohammad Atta was a patsy, and the jews did it? did the jews that work in the WTC get calls on their "jewish line" not to go into work that day?
Stolen florida election? Ohio in '04? Just because the dems nominated two absolute morons - both rich and privelaged beyond even GW's youthful place in society - one of whom is a gigolo, doesn't mean the election was stolen.
Your ilk stole millions of votes across the country - getting non-citizens and felons and dead people to vote. You even got courts to keep the polls open in St. Louis, and now cry about not having been able to steal enough votes to win.
Anyway... I'm not bothered by a bunch of morons talking to themselves. You're free to do so, and frankly it gives me joy to listen to you occassionally. Enjoy yourselves!
 NON-IMPEACHMENT December 26, 2007
Josephine A. Franks (Antelope, CA USA)
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NO INITIATION OF THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS AGAINST PRESIDENT BUSH MEANS THAT THE ACCUSERS HAVE NO PROOF AND NO REASON TO DO SO. MANY ACCUSATIONS WITHOUT PROOF IS A SIN. WHEN PEOPLE DON'T DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH BY READING BOTH SIDES, THEY WILL BELIEVE ALMOST ANYTHING.
 What, no angry reviews from Republicans? August 13, 2007
stevejbons (Santa Barbara, CA)
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Funny how rightwingers are strangely silent when you really have their number. A book such as this which makes a clear case for the evil and corrupt nature of the class A idiots that have cheated the taxpayer, betrayed the nation and disgraced the U.S. around the world while launching an unnecessary and very costly (half a trillion dollars) invasion of a foreign land should be being attacked soundly by Bill 'Falafel' O'Really, I'm a Man Coulter, Sean Scammity and the other assorted losers the Right holds up as intellects. But no, they'd rather attack 'moonbats, 'libs' and the rest of the world for 'hating America'. Its the Right that truly hates America and damages it.
One item missing from the book: the Bush family has had business dealings with the Bin Ladin family for decades - isn't that worth investigating post-9-11?
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