The Impeachment Question
Offenses against the Constitution: How do we react?

Featuring:
Mark Crispin Miller - Dave Lindorff -Rob Kall

Forum panelists will discuss the President’s false statements to Congress and the public leading up to the Iraq War, mismanagement of the war resulting in great destruction of life, violations of the Geneva Conventions, abuses of presidential power including warrantless wiretapping, presidential signing statements, undermining national security for political reasons (“outing” a CIA operative), and widespread election irregularities and other examples of the President and Vice President’s failure to properly execute their oaths of office. A question and answer period will follow the discussion.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Eligible PCDO members will vote on a resolution on impeachment (see below). To be eligible, members must be registered to vote in Princeton and 2007 dues must have been paid by May 27, 2007.

• Mark Crispin Miller - Dr. Miller is a professor of Media Ecology at the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. His books include: The Bush Dyslexicon; Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order; Spectacle: Operation Desert Storm and the Triumph of Illusion; Boxed In: The Culture of TV; Mad Scientists: The Secret History of Modern Propaganda; and Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them).
• Dave Lindorff - Dr. Lindorff is a Philadelphia-based journalist and a regular columnist for CounterPunch. He is the author (most recently) of This Can’t Be Happening: Resisting the Disintegration of American Democracy (Common Courage Press) and The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office, coauthored with Barbara Olshansky (St. Martin’s Press). His writings can be found at
  www.thiscantbehappening.net.

• Rob Kall - Mr. Kall is executive editor and publisher of OpEdNews.com, president of Futurehealth, Inc, and a writer and speaker. His many topics including the role of stories, visions and missions, the media, politics, religion,
  psychology, and economics.

For more information about the PCDO visit www.princetondems.org. The resolution below is for consideration of PCDO members who will vote on it after the forum.

Resolution on the Impeachment of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney
Submitted by Linda Gochfeld and Mary Ellen Marino Co-chairs, Impeachment Task Force

WHEREAS, George Bush and Dick Cheney, as President and Vice President, have sworn to protect the Constitution of the United States, but instead have acted so as to undermine the Constitution, meeting the definition of “high crimes and misdemeanors” which Constitutionally justify impeachment;
WHEREAS, among their offenses are the following:

• 1. Making false statements to Congress and the American people in order to justify the Iraq War;
• 2. Invading a country which was not a threat to the U.S., incurring great and ongoing destruction of life, the loss of international support, and increased threat to our security;
• 3. Violating the Constitution and international law by imprisoning people arbitrarily and secretly without trial, and subjecting these prisoners to abuse and torture;
• 4. Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential authority by asserting a “Unitary Executive” principle of unlimited presidential powers, using “signing statements” to disobey hundreds of laws passed
  by Congress, and promulgating “counter-terrorist” laws which violate civil liberties;

• 5. Performing electronic surveillance of US citizens without court approval, violating the law;
• 6. Involvement directly or indirectly in widespread election irregularities, raising serious questions about the validity of their election and reelection;
• 7. Failing to enforce laws of fiduciary responsibility; allowing major corruption in military contracting, (e.g. no-bid contracts with Halliburton, Cheney's previous employer); failing to enforce laws protecting the environment, workers and consumers; and regularly appointing officials who are unqualified, either by virtue of experience or conflict of interest, thereby risking public safety and welfare as in Hurricane Katrina.

WHEREAS, the Democratic Party is the only organized opposition party in the United States, and thus has a special obligation to take a strong position in the face of these clearly recognized abuses by the Republican Administration;
WHEREAS, Democratic Parties in thirteen (13) states and numerous localities have now passed resolutions to support the impeachment of Bush and Cheney for these offenses;
WHEREAS, since these actions pose an imminent threat to our Constitutional rights, democracy and the rule of law, they must be addressed immediately by the strongest possible means, i.e. impeachment proceedings. If these crimes are allowed to continue unchecked, the future of democracy in America will be seriously damaged;
BE IT RESOLVED that the Princeton Community Democratic Organization supports Congressional action that will lead to the impeachment of GeorgeW. Bush and Richard B. Cheney for their offenses against the US Constitution and the American people.