No Unitary Executive

I just sent the following letter to my Congressman. Feel free to re-post it (with attribution) or use it as a basis for your own letter.

Richard M. Mathews
RescueOurDemocracy.org

We must act as quickly as possible to start investigations that could lead to the impeachment of George W. Bush.

This is not about revenge. This is not to get Speaker Hastert or Speaker Pelosi elevated to President (in fact, I recommend only impeaching Bush, not Cheney). This is not a coup.

This is about setting a precedent that there is no such thing as a Unitary Executive.

We must establish that any future president (such as Cheney) who claims the powers of a Unitary Executive will be quickly removed. We must establish that this country does not torture, does not search without a warrant, does not hold prisoners without due process. We must establish that failure to provide a truthful State of the Union is a serious constitutional usurpation of the ability of Congress to provide a balance of power. We must establish that a signing statement cannot be used to pick and choose pieces of laws to enforce or to effectively veto. We must establish that a treaty is the law of the land that cannot be deleted by executive order.

MSNBC is currently conducting a non-scientific poll on impeachment. With well over 300,000 votes, it is 87% in favor of starting the impeachment process!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904/

There is a big grassroots impeachment event coming up this weekend. Keep an eye on this. This movement is big.
http://impeachforchange.org/

Failure to act will lead future presidents to point to the "precedent" set by this administration and by Congress' inaction. Failure to act will establish that there is, in fact, a Unitary Executive. Failure to act will end the balance of powers in our Constitution.

Act now to preserve and protect the constitution by impeaching the alleged Unitary Executive.

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There it is again.

Am I missing something? What is it we would supposedly be get revenge for? This is about crimes committed by them. What is revenge got to do with anything. I don't see that a legitmate worry.

Totally disagree about NOT impeaching Cheney too

Tedder's right. This isn't about revenge. This is about righting wrongs.

Cheney is equally guilty of war crimes and violations of our Constitution. Most people are scared of impeachment thinking that we'll get Cheney as his replacement. Henny Penny! Let's impeach both of them - then send the three stooges (including Rummy) to the Hague to be tried.

I do appreciate what you said here:

Failure to act will lead future presidents to point to the "precedent" set by this administration and by Congress' inaction. Failure to act will establish that there is, in fact, a Unitary Executive. Failure to act will end the balance of powers in our Constitution.

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