Dear
Senator Cardin:
Senator Mikulski:
Representative Van Hollen:
Speaker Pelosi:
It is way past time to re-establish respect for the rule of law in our nation.
The Bush administration’s assertion that it has
no responsibility to comply with Congressional requests for information, along with its ordering of our Justice Department
not to prosecute contempt charges, continues its long established record of utter contempt for the United States Congress and the American people.
Its violation of our Fourth Amendment rights by its
warrantless spying program; our Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights through its
arbitrary and
indefinite imprisonment of hundreds or thousands of human beings while depriving them of their rights to a fair trial or to challenge their imprisonment; and our Eight Amendment rights against the
imposition of cruel and unusual punishment by our government, shows that it has no respect at all for our Constitution.
Its use of nearly a thousand “
signing statements” to avoid complying with laws enacted by Congress shows that it has no respect for the separation of powers required in our Constitution or for the rule of law in our country.
And its repeated violations of the
Geneva Conventions by arbitrarily depriving its prisoners of all human rights required by those treaties shows its utter disdain for international law and thereby establishes the United States of America as a pariah nation and risks pushing us into
World War III.
I have heard many in the U.S. Congress say that it has priorities that are more important than the pursuance of impeachment. I don’t understand what higher priority there could be than to re-establish democracy in our nation, nor do I see how other priorities can reasonably be pursued when our Executive Branch is pushing us towards dictatorship and world-wide conflagration.
I applaud the efforts of some Congresspersons to initiate the impeachment of Alberto Gonzales. However, impeaching him will not be enough. It is quite clear that Gonzales is nothing but a stooge for George Bush and Dick Cheney. Impeaching him while leaving the others in place would be like trying to get rid of weeds by ripping out their tops and leaving the roots in place.
I beg you to do all you can to advocate for the impeachment of Gonzales, Bush and Cheney. Doing all three individually would be fine, though doing them together would be preferable.
Sincerely,
XXX
I have submitted the above letter to my Congresspersons and to Speaker Pelosi through
this site. If you agree with what I have to say, please feel free to use the same letter to submit to your Congresspersons. And/or give them a call using the same site to look up their telephone numbers. Or submit your own message. Or use the site to view the last 25 messages sent, and use the one you like best.
Here is a trimmed down message (to comply with the 250 word limit) that I submitted to my local newspaper (Washington Post) through the same site, which I would also like you to feel free to use if you like:
Dear Editor:
It is way past time to re-establish respect for the rule of law in our nation.
The Bush administration’s assertion that it has no responsibility to answer to Congress, along with its ordering of our Justice Department not to prosecute contempt charges, continues its long established record of utter contempt for the US and the American people.
Its violation of our Fourth Amendment rights by its warrantless spying program; our Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights through its arbitrary and indefinite imprisonment of hundreds or thousands of human beings while depriving them of their rights to a fair trial or to challenge their imprisonment; and our Eight Amendment rights against the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment by our government, shows that it has no respect at all for our Constitution.
Its use of nearly a thousand “signing statements” to avoid complying with Congressional laws shows that it has no respect for the separation of powers required in our Constitution or for the rule of law in our country.
And its repeated violations of the Geneva Conventions shows its utter disdain for international law and thereby establishes us as a pariah nation and risks pushing us into World War III.
Our Congress should have no higher priority today than to re-establish democracy in our nation. I don’t see how other priorities can reasonably be pursued when our Executive Branch is pushing us towards dictatorship.
It is well past time to remove from office those responsible for this.
Sincerely
XXX
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