IMPEACH THEM NOW: It only takes ONE STATE!!!

[shraby]

A high crime is one which seeks the overthrow of the country, which gives aid or comfort to its enemies, or which injures the country to the profit of an individual or group.

On December 10, 1903 William B. Lamar, US Congressional Representative for the 3rd district of Florida, rose on the floor of the house and delivered before Congress articles of impeachment, prepared and resolved by both houses of the legislature of Florida, alleging high crimes and misdemeanors by a Federal Judge, Charles Swayne.
Swayne was ultimately acquitted, but strong precedent was established for a State to initiate impeachment proceedings, as clearly outlined in the House Rules of the 109th Congress

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<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/1/24/222211/259>

[madeline_con]

1. Wouldn't it be sweet if it came out of Florida this time?

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

2. I'll be the first Against-My-Will-Floridian to sign the paper

[shraby]

3. Any state can do it apparently.

Pick one.

[gordontron]

15. isn't that in the form of a memorial though?

memorials are only suggestions unless I am mistaken, which is very possible. (I'm logging off so sorry if I don't respond again)

[Peter Frank]

16. How about Ohio?...

Many voters are seething there because of genuine injustice...

[shraby]

17. Read the article on dailykos.

Maybe they have ideas now. I posted this earlier.

[Hissyspit]

19. Louisiana? n/t

[UrbScotty]

25. Or Ohio. Do it Dennis! (nt)

[understandinglife]

4. Vermont should do it; or Oregon.

Peace.

[understandinglife]

5. Respectfully suggest this should be on the DU Homepage.

Thank you.


Peace.

[berni_mccoy]

6. I second that recommendation.

Hear Hear!

[dalaigh lllama]

7. Agreed. K & R

[mikelewis]

8. Me too. K & R

Damn, you people are smart.

[Fridays Child]

9. K & R

[firefox]

10. Any sign of hope belongs on the Greatest Page

I don't know if I could feel much worse. Any sign of hope belongs where people can see it. Recommended for the Greatest Page.

[buddysmellgood]

11. "injures the country to the profit of an individual or group." ? Louisiana

Hell, any state in the nation can file under that. He let 9-11 happen.

[Cleita]

12. However, it can be done, they'd better do it now, the sooner the

better.

[Horse with no Name]

13. Vermont????

Cmon guys...you seem to be the most liberal of us all.

[Buns_of_Fire]

14. Considering what this heckuvaministration has done to them,

I'd be willing to let Louisiana -- or Mississippi -- have the honor.

But, just for poetic justice, Texas or Wyoming would be good, too -- for besmirching their good names.

But I'm not picky -- any state will do just as well. :evilgrin:

[G_j]

18. after the shameless exploitation of 9/11, I'd love to see NY, but

Vermont would probably be a better bet

[shraby]

20. I would venture to guess that if several states

did it at the same time, it would make a lotta noise in the news.

[G_j]

21. kick

[Mossadeq]

22. Ill. ?

Home of Fitz ? ..Home of Obama and Durbin ? ..My home :)

Get er done.

[zippy890]

23. well Mass. of course! they hate us anyways

'they' being the bushies & their mouthpieces

:dem:

[Pawel K]

24. Anything like this needs to wait until the end of the 06 elections

I fully support it happening after that as we have more of a chance to have the majority.

[IronLionZion]

26. OK Vermont, Do it for America!

or maybe Massachusetts? Oregon? DC?

What are the small liberal states that have the ability to do this?

[Canuckistanian]

27. DC?

They don't even have a legislature, do they?

[IronLionZion]

28. Taxation without representation!

who takes care of DC anyway? the mayor? No wonder it's in such bad shape. It's shameful to have our nation's capital overrun by crime.

[Trish1168]

29. I vote for MASS !! My own state. Why ?

We are solidly blue, but often vote for republican governors to balance out the 'liberal-ness' of our legislature. We like the social safety-net stuff, but many here don't like all the gun regulations and I know I'm kinda pissed off at the new seat-belt law (seems to me it should be your choice to take the risk). So, we like to mix it up, and generally we hope for a libertarian style republican....but instead, we got stuck with Romney. We got fooled with his good looks and charm. But the minute an opportunity to run for preznit comes up, the guy does a hard right turn on social issues. And boy, people from this state hate that social conservatism and religious crap. Sure, we have our Christo-fascists, but they are the clear minority and they know it. Our dems put gay marriage on their platform to support (I am right behind them there). Both democratic gubernatorial candidates are behind gay marriage (even the more conservative Irish guy...Reilly).

So...there is backlash here against repubs here in general. We're tired of our Senators being belittled in the media...or ignored. Our governor showed his true colors. I think most are just sick of the GOP. There is no doubt in my mind that our woman Lt Gov, Kerry Healy, will struggle with the back lash from Romney (she even fought him on some of the issues) and the backlash from Bush.

We are sick of republicans....our legislature is liberal enough.....so why not MASS ??

[Dunvegan]

30. States should do this NOW...and when we take the House in the mid-terms...

...we can do this on the Federal level.

No reason to wait...it's marginally possible we may be in WWIII by November.

[onenote]

31. Sorry, but this doesn't change a damn thing

Getting a state to pass a resolution calling for impeachment doesn't alter the process or create any shortcuts. A member of Congress standing up and presenting a resolution from a state legislature is no different than a member of Congress standing up and introducing a resolution calling for impeachment. In either case, the matter will be referred to the House Judiciary Committee where, so long as the Congress is controlled by the repubs, it will die. Don't believe me? When Lamar introduced the articles of impeachment against Judge Swayne, they were referred to the House Judiciary Committee which then issued a report recommending articles of impeachment which were then adopted by the full House. There was no more requirement for the Committee to act than there would've been had Lamar simply introduced a resolution directly.
http://usinfo.org/ref/house/impeachment.htm


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