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Impeach Supreme Court Justice Scalia
To: U.S. Congress
IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION
Whereas, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was the guest of a Kansas law school two years ago and went on a hunting trip arranged by the school's dean within weeks of hearing two cases in which the dean was a lead attorney.
Whereas, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and one of his children were guests of the Vice President on Air Force Two and then went hunting with the Vice President, shortly after the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of a decision against the Vice President.
Whereas, Federal law provides that any justice shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might be questioned.
Whereas, the American Bar Association Code of Judicial Conduct provides in Canon 1 that a judge shall uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary and, in Canon 2, that a judge shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all of the judge's activities.
Whereas, Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States provides that judges shall hold their offices during good behaviour.
Whereas, Article 1, Section 3 of the Constitution of the United States provides that the Senate shall have the sole power to try impeachments, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.
Whereas, by his actions, Justice Scalia has tarnished the integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Be it resolved, the legislative branch of our government shall forthwith seek diligently to determine if there is cause for the impeachment of Justice Scalia.
Be it resolved, if the U.S. House of Representatives determines that there is cause for the impeachment of Justice Scalia and if the U.S. Senate by a vote of at least two thirds of the Members present convicts Justice Scalia, then in accordance with the Constitution Justice Scalia be impeached, removed from office and disqualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.
We, the undersigned, urge the Members of Congress to show their support for the proposed Impeachment Resolution by signing their names.
BY SIGNING THIS PETITION, YOU ARE REQUESTING YOUR SENATORS AND YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVES TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS CAUSE FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SCALIA.
WE, THE SIGNERS BELOW, UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THE ABOVE CONDITIONS.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
Sincerely,
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"You don't count pregnant women twice."
Quoted from 60 Minutes -- with context:
My job is to interpret the Constitution accurately. And indeed, there are anti-abortion people who think that the constitution requires a state to prohibit abortion. They say that the Equal Protection Clause requires that you treat a helpless human being that's still in the womb the way you treat other human beings. I think that's wrong. I think when the Constitution says that persons are entitled to equal protection of the laws, I think it clearly means walking-around persons. You don't count pregnant women twice."
Oh really? Then what about Scott Peterson's two convictions?
Then special protection for electrons, protons, and neutrons?
All humans are made from them.
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Why do you draw the line of protection at the level of a zygote?
Why not deeper down?
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We use ONLY the notion of sentience to define the presence, or lack of human life, in most situations: A body without a brain is not "alive" (in the soulful sense) and we let it pass without consternation, later in life. Yet we dismiss logic when musing over the beginning of human life.
If cells are to be protected, then skin cells, which have recently been turned into cardiac and neural tissue, should also be protected. Does the Constitution provide protection for dandruff? How dare I compare dandruff to babies? I'm NOT! I'm comparing dandruff to zygotes (within context).
If HUMANS are to be protected, then we should be consistent about what humans are.
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It is agreed that at a point before birth, a human exists.
It is false that at conception a human exists. (I do not rely on my own logic for this, but rather the very logic folks use when they allow the brain dead to pass).
I've always been under the
I've always been under the impression that, at the very instant of the conception swimming contest, two humans momentarily cease to exist...
;)
Inconceivable.
I see two differences right
I see two differences right off the bat. First the word viable. The Peterson child was near enough to birth to be viable or able to live outside the mother's womb. And second it was the state of California that convicted him on two counts of murder, not the U.S. government. There is a difference between federal law and state law.
P.S. How did we go from the impeachment of justice Scalia to the charges against Scot Peterson? Did I miss something?
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