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Comcast, NBCUniversal, MSNBC and (NAN) Fund all of Al Sharpton's Racist Ventures. I for one Don't have Comcast and don't watch MSNBC but who ever does is helping Al Sharpton get a healthy paycheck. I will never watch anything that comes out NBCUniversal. Who ever watches these programs is funding Al Sharpton and we can't forget Walmart. I spend a minimum of $5,000.00 a year at Walmart and I choose to get a little less at a local Grocery Store and will not go to Walmart if it's the last Store on Earth. It makes me feel we are all Accessories to Al Sharpton's Criminal Acts. Now we know why Sharpton is doing the back stroke, he's more worried about his paycheck. He's trying to make everyone think he's sorry MY ASS.
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The Obama's are both liars and both are not true Americans. They stand for Law Breakers, Period! The Obama's will go down in History as Brainless Thugs with no real purpose in the real World. Obama had the chance to be one of the best Presidents and made everyone believe his white side. If you all remember right WHEN he campaigned for the Presidency he made sure everyone knew he was half white. Now that he is President he has not brought up he's half white anymore and chose to lead America with his Uneducated Racial Black side. The only reason I say this is when all the scandals where piling up he got Sharpton and Holder together and decided to play the Ferguson Race card Nationwide to take the pressure of his lies and scandals off his back and what better way to do it then play the old Race Card Trick. I'm really surprised the American public haven't figured out his Bullsh_t yet again. Who's the real Racist here ? Americans are thinking he's a smart Man. He will never ever be a real man. A President that
loves his Country will bring Americans together and all he has completed is to divide us to keep our eye's off the real problem that he is a failure as a man and a President. Even Martin Luther King Jr. would go for Impeachment. Martin Luther King Jr. summed it up with a Quote that even the Obama's, Holder and Sharpton can't escape.
Obama is a professional liar and we all know that's a fact. A liar never changes it's spots, he just changes the lies. It makes him feel like a man. Do we all get it yet ? Forget about Obama being President for a moment, he is a failure as a man. A real man will admit when he is wrong and not only try to make it right, he will make it Right. Now we can go back to Obama being President. Figure it out yet ? A President of all People should have Great Character. It's to bad his Character that sticks out is lying. Definition of Character: The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, in his case lying. He's in the Christmas spirit though, it's the lies that keep giving to non Americans. Merry Christmas America, you idiots should be proud.
Contact your Senator's and your Congressman/woman and tell them NO on Funding Executive Amnesty. Click on your State and get all Washington Phone Numbers and Emails to your State Senator's and all your State Congressman/woman. Please Contact them for your Families Future. American Lives, American Jobs and America's Future Depends on Americans taking action against Emperor Obama and his disregard for our Constitution and the Laws of the United States of America. He has proven to all Americans and the World that he's not a Man that should be sitting in the Chair over looking the World. Obama's motto is "Fake it till you make it". He didn't make it folks, He is the last person in the World that should be sitting in the White House. Obama has made a Fool of all of us long enough. It's time to Act and make your Voice Heard !
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I am eager to meet and greet all who can help me [ and helping them in return] in assisting me next Nov, for my run in the 37th District NJ for State Rep. Last week at the Teaneck meeting I heard the story of that young man [Brian Aitken] that was arrested for having registed guns in the trunk of his car. Well, what Mr. Aitken, should have communicated to the Police Officer that , he would be willing to open his trunk , without a warrant , But, Thomas,would be very sad and maybe angry if he did that , and also maybe John and James . And I would not want to see tears in their eyes. And when the Police Officer asked, " who is Thomas , James and "this John" ?. Well , I would have said, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Adam and Mr Madison. You see Officer, Thousands of "young" men and women shed their Red American blood , so we would be able to have a "Bill of Rights".See Officer, Its not me that is refusing you to open my trunk [without a warrant] its our Founding Fathers, asking me from the great beyond to deny you that intrusive illegal request , without a warrant. Furthermore, I will wait anywhere you wish, here , in Jail, until you get that warrant ..... From my study of the legal system, the Officer had no "standing" to get a warrant, and if he did , the evidence, ( the legal guns in trunk) would have been suppressed, the fruit of the poison tree. So Please, fellow Tea Party Members, don't let the Government , State /Federal/ Municipal step on our Rights , if you are in doubt , put the blame on the "Founding Fathers" and say NO!!!!! to any [UNCONSTITUTIONAL] Intrusion by Government officials.
GOD BLESS AND SAVE AMERICA
I am eager to meet and greet all who can help me [ and helping them in return] in assisting me next Nov, for my run in the 37th District NJ for State Rep. Last week at the Teaneck meeting I heard the story of that young man [Brian Aitken] that was arrested for having registed guns in the trunk of his car. Well, what Mr. Aitken, should have communicated to the Police Officer that , he would be willing to open his trunk , without a warrant , But, Thomas,would be very sad and maybe angry if he did that , and also maybe John and James . And I would not want to see tears in their eyes. And when the Police Officer asked, " who is Thomas , James and "this John" ?. Well , I would have said, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Adam and Mr Madison. You see Officer, Thousands of "young" men and women shed their Red American blood , so we would be able to have a "Bill of Rights".See Officer, Its not me that is refusing you to open my trunk [without a warrant] its our Founding Fathers, asking me from the great beyond to deny you that intrusive illegal request , without a warrant. Furthermore, I will wait anywhere you wish, here , in Jail, until you get that warrant ..... From my study of the legal system, the Officer had no "standing" to get a warrant, and if he did , the evidence, ( the legal guns in trunk) would have been suppressed, the fruit of the poison tree. So Please, fellow Tea Party Members, don't let the Government , State /Federal/ Municipal step on our Rights , if you are in doubt , put the blame on the "Founding Fathers" and say NO!!!!! to any [UNCONSTITUTIONAL] Intrusion by Government officials.
GOD BLESS AND SAVE AMERICA
I wanted to let you know about a new petition I created on We the People, a new feature on WhiteHouse.gov, and ask for your support. Will you add your name to mine? If this petition gets 100,000 signatures by October 21, 2014, the White House will review it and respond!
You can view and sign the petition here:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/impeach-obama-breaking-hi...
He can not be arrested until he is Impeached. The Constitution isn’t silent about why the president can be removed it states: “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanour's.”
From this we can see that the only way to remove a president is by impeachment in the House by a majority vote and conviction of treason, bribery, high crimes or misdemeanour's by 2/3 vote of the Senate. The House must start impeachment procedures. This also hints to the fact that the president cannot be arrested until he has been convicted by the Senate.
It would seem conceivable that the Senate’s Sergeant at Arms can then officially arrest and imprison him. He cannot be removed from office until after he is convicted and no sitting president will ever be imprisoned as long as he has the power of the Presidency at his disposal. Logic would then suggest that no sitting president can ever be arrested until he is removed from office.
STOP TWIDDLING YOUR THUMBS
We are the people of the United States. WE are the power, and when it gets to the point of where our country is now, after decades of plotting and planning against us by our own elected officials, and the POWERS THAT BE behind the scenes, we are left with no choice but to LITERALLY THROW THESE BUMS OUT...
You have to realize that this has NOTHING to do with being a Democrat or Republican, it's about DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE COUNTRY.
What makes me nuts is that THESE SCUMS that are in Washington think THEY KNOW BETTER than the U.S. Constitution. YEAH, the same Constitution that allowed them to get elected. The same Constitution that THEY SWEAR ON THEIR LIVES with hands on the bible that they will uphold, and defend against ALL enemies both foreign and domestic.
THE MINUTE YOU DEVIATE FROM THE PLAN, the plan falls apart. And what we wind up with is the friggin MESS that we have across this country right now.
Obama is a complete disgrace. He's SNEAKY, AND A LYING UNQUALIFIED BOOB
And for those of you that think i'm picking on Democrats, GROW UP cause George W Bush, and his loser old man GEORGE H W BUSH are no better than OBAMA. They're all feathers of the same dead bird.
THERE IS A ( MAJOR ) LAWSUIT that's been created by the PEOPLE and what we hope is that we can get the support of all the Tea Partiers out there.
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The Stupidity of the Impeach Now Movement
Why I have maintained that attempting to impeach the man in the White House is down right stupid is really simple; however, the explanation takes a little time as it involves education. Try to remember that a failure to convict on the articles of impeachment will render it impossible to do so at a later date., for any reason.
Impeachment is not a finding, it is an indictment. After the indictment comes the trail. Impeaching BOH would be easy. The house presents a Articles of Impeachemnt, the votes are counted and he is impeached. Then comes the problem. The trial. That is conducted in the Senate only and the judge is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as mandated in our constitution. Even Dirty Harry cannot refuse to hold that trial and the president can't use an executive order to make it go away. He must be tried if the house impeaches, BUT, and it is a big but, as things stand now the senate would never vote to convict. So we wait. Thank goodness some of the politicians are being smart. Not too many I agree, but there are some.
If we can take control of the senate with just a few votes over a simple majority there MIGHT be a chance. Here is the full process and some comments on that process:
In the Senate
The Articles of Impeachment are received from the House.
The Senate formulates rules and procedures for holding a trial.
A trial will be held. The President will be represented by his lawyers. A select group of House members will serve as "prosecutors." The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (currently John G. Roberts) will preside with all 100 Senators acting as the jury.
The Senate will meet in private session to debate a verdict.
The Senate, in open session, will vote on a verdict. A 2/3 vote of the Senate will result in a conviction. (note: 67 senators have to vote for conviction)
The Senate will vote to remove the President from office.
The Senate may also vote (by a simple majority) to prohibit the President from holding any public office in the future.
Impeachable Offenses
Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution says, "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." In his report, Independent Counsel, Starr accuses President Clinton of committing eleven acts for which he could be removed from office by impeachment. Are any of those acts "Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors?" Well, that's up to the members of the House of Representatives. According to constitutional lawyers, "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" are (1) real criminality -- breaking a law; (2) abuses of power; (3) "violation of public trust" as defined by Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers. In 1970, then Representative Gerald R. Ford defined impeachable offenses as "whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history." An excellent definition, Mr. Former President. In the past, Congress has issued Articles of Impeachment for acts in three general categories:
Exceeding the constitutional bounds of the powers of the office.
Behavior grossly incompatible with the proper function and purpose of the office.
Employing the power of the office for an improper purpose or for personal gain.
There are obvious land mines in this process. One of those is when the senate retires to consider it's verdict. The prosecuting attorneys are excluded because they are not senators. How about the defense attorneys? Any defense attorney, selected by the president remember, that is a member of the senate is going to be part of that closed session. Just one reason it has never resulted in conviction. Then there is the seeming fact that one of the things a person serving a full term in the senate seems to misplace is his, or her, conscience. It just seems to get lost, somehow.
So what do we need to impeach and convict this usurper? It appears that we need about 56 conservatives to be elected to the senate. I don't see that happening, do you? However let is be positive. The next session of congress is convened and Dirty Harry is relegated to senate minority leader. The conservatives and the swell of grass roots conservatism convinces a few more liberals that their interest in power is best served by getting BOH out of the White House. Just might happen. Sure can't happen as things stand now.
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Bill Maher issued a challenge to Republicans on Friday's Real Time: put your money where your mouth is already and just impeach President Obama. Maher argued, "If you really believe Benghazi is that serious and Obama is that big a crook, then you should impeach him tomorrow." And, Maher said, it would actually help the president, because a partisan attempt to impeach him would trigger a popularity surge.
POLL: Do House Conservatives Have Enough Evidence to Impeach Obama?
Maher compared Republican "blather" on Benghazi to "trying to relate to someone who's tripping when you're not." He tore into the GOP and Fox News for having a near-single-minded obsession with Benghazi above all else, in a bubble where "rational arguments don't matter" and Fox will ignore whatever Obama says unless it's about Benghazi.
more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maher-to-gop-go-ahead-impeach-obama-he%E2%80%99ll-just-kick-your-ass-again/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mediaite%2FxXeM+%28Mediaite%29
If we sit at our computers and do nothing, if we gather around the water cooler at work and gossip, if we chit-chat and complain to our neighbors… we will receive the same compost that as has been forced down our gullets if we just discus our issues. We must make a stand and make GOVERNMENT listen.
Don’t Tread On America
We the people employ you; you work to serve us not vise versa.
Hopefully, some of you already know about the recent book by Mark Levin, The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic. Some might have watched Levin's interview on "Hannity" on Fox News. I watched, and I had that "Eureka"! moment when I realized that it might still be possible to save our Constitution and America from being swallowed by the "One World Government" intended by the UN and publicized in its book or DVD "Agenda 21." I've been a Conservative activist for more than six years, and I didn't know that true Americans might have a chance to prevent the current corrupt Washington politicians from destroying all of what has made us "the shining city on the hill."
Please read the following blog that was on Tea Party Nation.com, and if you will, go to that conservative website and look for the blog: "Mark Levin might have something here." There is a 30 min. video of Levin discussing this possibility, and we need every state to join this States' Convention to do its part to save our freedoms and prevent this Islamist or Communist takeover. The last time I checked 26 States had already joined the battle, and we only need 2/3 of the States to call for a Constitutional Convention, and 3/4 (or 40) of the States to approve of any of the proposed Amendments for them to be added to our Constitution. The Founding Fathers gave the States this power in Article V of the Constitution, and there is nothing that the Federal government can do to stop it. Some of the most important Amendments would be to: (1) create Term Limits of two or three terms in office for every politician and judge in the country--from local townships to the Federal government (including all Supreme Courts), with no more than six months of pensions or insurance or golden parachutes (ending the reign of all career politicians); (2) a replacement of the IRS with the Flat tax or Fair tax, whichever one gives politicians the fewest politicians with the least control; (3) returning election of all Senators back to the States' control instead of Washington, DC control, to remind them that they report to the people, just as the House of Representatives do; (4) getting rid of the many corrupt alphabet Agencies and Departments, such as the EPA, the NSA, the FCC, the Federal Depts. of Education and Energy, the Clean Water agency and many more. And first on the list should be the repeal of ObamaCare and a new start on affordable health insurance that includes investigations of every party involved, as well as portable health insurance between states and jobs, Tort Reform, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and a cap on profits for all new drugs as well as current treatments.
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The solutions will not come from the Federal Government and most likely not the Courts. The solution will come from WE THE PEOPLE through our State Legislatures. Virginia is now in the R column, which I think is now number 33, and we need 38 to get the 14th, 16th, and 17th amendments revoked, thus restoring the Original Constitutional Republic; and the Federal government would be placed back under the Article I section 8 enumerated powers.
Now, as to the importance of the removal of Obama with any candidate and to regain the Senate is as follows: The congress can be pressured to start a process of restoring the ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION by defining what the words meant and what the Founders actually wrote. The usurpers have attacked the true meaning by changing the definitions of words and by modernizing the Constitution to serve the new demands of the Progressive movement.
Yes, they have used the court to alter the actual meaning of the Constitution, as the Founders made clear could not be done without using the methods they created to allow adjustments--as required over the decades and centuries. The Founders wrote the Constitution in very simple straightforward language, using everyday words that all people of the times could read and understand. They then gave us the Article V amendment process so we could make changes if necessary and we have used it 17 times since the bill of rights [first ten amendments] and one of those was to revoke a previous mistaken amendment.
So, clearly the Amendment process was set in place to protect the PEOPLE and allow them to make corrections to limit the usurping of a oppressive tyrannical central government. This gave us the State convention option in the Article V method to permit the States to take action when the Congress refuses to make amendments to correct usurpation and to send them to the many States for ratifying. The States can directly make amendments and force them on the Central Federal government without debate by having 38 States [3/4] create an amendment that revokes the 14th, 16th and 17th Amendments - then present it to Congress to send out for ratification by the 38 States [3/4] - Congress cannot refuse and if they do, then the State 38 LEGISLATURES CAN RATIFY THE AMENDMENT[S] and present the ratified amendment to Congress as law of the land. The Congress and the Courts have no ability to refuse or even consider, for it is done. This option is clearly in article V and there is no prohibiting language, as the Founders intended this to be the last option before rebellion.
The Republic can be kept and we can do our duty as Franklin would have instructed.
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I am spending every available moment working to get my state of Nevada to pressure the State Legislature to join this project. Instead of talking to the choir as most of us are doing here, Google your State government website, make a list of all members of your legislature along with their phone nos., emails, and addresses and contact them personally--either by phone or by making an appointment for a personal visit. Most of the websites will have a script available for you to discuss the Convention of States and to persuade each member to talk to the others and join the project. Don't just sit and complain!! Stand up for our freedoms and those of our children and grandchildren.
Impeach and Convict Obama
Prelude
- This is directed to Megyn Kelly, Jay Sekulow, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Mark Levin, Bill O’Reilly, the entire 113th Congress, and ALL other public figures who present themselves as Protectors and Champions of TRUTH.
America NEEDS you NOW.
- He has committed numerous offenses against our Constitution and our Citizens; all requiring Impeachment and Conviction
- It is the Duty and Responsibility of the 113th Congress to Impeach and Convict
- As Officers of our Courts, ALL Lawyers are “Oathed” to “….support the Constitution of the United States….” Admission to the Bar Michigan Oath
- IF you , each or collectively, fail in your duty to Impeach and Convict or to support Impeachment and Conviction the only remaining remedy will be the Citizens.
Outline
Below are sections that deal with
- His Impeachable Offenses… the Charges….
- They are not detailed but they are documented.
- His Motives and Means.
- His Duties and Responsibilities
- What YOU must DO
The Charges
By virtue of his Oath Barack Hussein Obama (BHO) is guilty of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Impeachable under our Constitution. Some of his offenses may also qualify as Criminal. I am not a Lawyer so cannot make those judgments.
Here is a partial list of events that surround the charges
- Failure to prosecute Black Panthers for Voter Intimidation
- Fast and Furious and the death of Brian Terry
- Politically arranged firing of Government Whistleblowers - Gerald Walpin
- The Benghazi Tragedy
- IRS abuse of our constitution… and hiding behind the 5th to avoid revealing criminal activity
- NSA spying
- Illegal tapping of Reporters telephones
- BRIBERY (political pork BRIBERY) to buy Congressional votes to pass obamacare.
- LYING to America….”If you like……………..you can keep…………. PERIOD. Reference
- Covering his lie with an illegal, unconstitutional swindle that directs Insurance Cos to break the law.
I have not detailed the charges. Congressional staffers can do their part by developing the details. In case they can’t find a way to get started, here are some “Starter Links”.
- The obamacare LIE
- Calls for Impeachment
- The Stockman Move every Congressman got a copy of Impeachable Offenses
- The Book on Obama
The bottom line is that there are more than plenty of documentable, Unconstitutional , Illegal, actions by BHO that demand Impeachment.
I call on the 113th Congress to do their duty or become accessories, accomplices, aiders, and abettors of these many illegal, Impeachable offenses.
Motives and Means
The MEANS are easiest to describe;
- He has illegally managed to gain control of our Presidency. From that vantage point his
- Illegal Executive Orders
- Illegal proclamations that overrun Congress ( with little or no pushback)
- His bully blamecalling
- Installation of communist partners into high level government positions
provide THE MEANS.
His motives are deep and complex. All of these have established BHO as one who believes America is unfair and needs to be Socialized then taken to full Communism.
- His entire youth was spent being indoctrinated, brainwashed, into Communist ideology.
- His reported education was at America’s dens of Socialism.. Columbia; Cloward-Piven
- His 20 years as a congregant of J Wright’s Black Theology Church. He lied when he said nothing rubbed off, or.... he is too intellectually challenged to be President.
- His Chicago affiliation with terrorists(Ayres) and political thugs(Alinsky) have “refined” his hatred of America
Duties and Responsibilities
Detailed arguments about his duties and responsibilities are in Appendix A.
In summary, the BUCK stops at BHO. He IS responsible for his own lies and illegal actions. But he is also responsible and accountable for all his subordinates and their illegal acts.
(Holder, Sebellius, Reid, Pelosi, etc)
Beyond the illegal acts are his FAILURES TO ACT.
Can anyone provide a reference to BHO publicly or privately DEMANDING that those responsible for Fast & Furious or Benghazi-gate or the IRS scandal etc., be identified, prosecuted, fired and jailed?
YOUR Responsibilities
This section is simple. To the 113th congress, your Oath to Support our Constitution demands that you support and move on Impeachment and Conviction of BHO.
To Megyn and all other officers of our Courts, we need you to help America NOW. My prior pleas to GOP leaders in the House and Senate have fallen on deaf ears. I did not even get a courtesy reply to my Faxes.
If you fail, as is true so far, then YOU TOO ARE GUILTY and need to be removed from Office.
Appendix A – The BUCK STOPS at BHO
This is long but instructive…………from succinct language in our Constitution to exploring the meaning and bounds of High Crimes and Misdeanors.
Impeachment
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2013/11/the-grounds-for-impeachment.html
Grounds
The legal term "high crimes and misdemeanors" is found in Article II § 4 of the U. S. Constitution; quoting the section in its entirety:
"The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High crimes and Misdemeanors."
This section constitutionally secures a provision for the involuntary removal from office of the President, Vice-President, Cabinet Secretaries, other executive officers, as well as federal judges. The reason for this provision is the observation at the Constitutional Convention by Benjamin Franklin that the removal of "obnoxious" chief executives had, historically, been accomplished by assassination, and his recommendation that a proceduralized mechanism for removal would be preferable.
Treason and bribery are well understood crimes, and don't need much explanation here. (Treason is even specifically defined in Article III § 3.) But high crimes and misdemeanors . . . hmm, what's that? Jerry Ford once famously asserted, "An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history." To the extent that the U. S. House of Representatives is the sole and final arbiter of what constitutes grounds for impeachment of a federal official, he's right; but to the extent that this is even a remotely accurate description of the scope of high crimes and misdemeanors, it's not even close.
At the Constitutional Convention, treason and bribery were readily adopted as grounds for impeachment, but two other proposals, corruption and maladministration, were rejected as being overbroad and too vague. Instead, George Mason proposed the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors against the state," which was shortened to "high crimes and misdemeanors" and then adopted with little discussion. The reason for the ready adoption is that the Founding Fathers were well acquainted with the concept, because it had about four centuries of precedent (since 1386) in English parliamentary use. Explaining the grounds for impeachment in Federalist Paper # 65, Alexander Hamilton wrote (emphasis in source):
"The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offences which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust. They are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated political, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself."
This concept survives today in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which recognizes as punishable offenses such things as refusal to obey orders, abuse of authority, dereliction of duty, moral turpitude, and conduct unbecoming. These would not be prosecutable offenses if committed by a civilian with no official position, but in the military they are offenses which bear on the accused's fitness for the duties he holds, which he is bound by oath or affirmation to perform. Thus, the emphasis in the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors" is the word high, because we're referring to offenses that an ordinary person, who is not serving as an elected or appointed-and-confirmed federal executive (or as a duly seated federal judge) is incapable of committing. As an example, an ordinary person isn't going to have any official powers to misuse or abuse, but an elected executive (or one who has been appointed and duly confirmed) could face impeachment for precisely that reason.
The Founding Fathers were well aware of the concept of "executive accountability" (a concept also well understood by anyone who's served in the military), which means that an executive is legally responsible, and accountable, for all of his subordinates, as well as their agents and contractors (most certainly not limited to only those over whom he has direct supervision). The legal concept is a form of vicarious liability, and the standard of proof is "preponderance of evidence."
Keep in mind that that which can be "lain at the feet" of the official in question and "proven beyond a reasonable doubt" is way too narrow an interpretation of the accountability threshold. The executive in question is expected to be aware, at all times, of what every single one of his subordinates (and their agents and contractors) is doing - or is supposed to be doing - and must thoroughly remedy any misconduct committed by any of them as soon as he becomes aware of it. Nor is it necessary to show that such violations occurred at the executive's instigation or with his foreknowledge, but only that, based upon the preponderance of the evidence, the executive was, or reasonably should have been, aware of misconduct on the part of his subordinates. "Plausible deniability" is void ab initio as a defense, because the executive doesn't have the luxury of ignorance.
That executive accountability would be grounds for impeachment recognizes that holding an executive or judicial office of public trust is not a right, but a privilege, and that violating the trust invested in the office forfeits the privilege of holding it. Nor is it just presidents and federal judges who are liable under Article II § 4; there is precedent for impeaching a cabinet secretary (see: Secretary of War, William W. Belknap, impeached on March 2, 1876, and Treasury Secretary, Andrew W. Mellon, who resigned on February 12, 1932, with impeachment proceedings in progress). And it stands to reason that executive agency/bureau directors, especially those who hold a de facto cabinet rank (such as the Director of the EPA), should count as "civil officers" for impeachment purposes.
http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2013/5/22/182420/185
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More from above…………..
After test-marketing the excuse that the IRS selectively slow-walking non-profit applications was due to the Citizens United v. FEC decision, the Obama Administration has started floating the umbrella defense that systemic incompetence isn't the same thing as corruption, and now that they're aware of the problems, we can trust that they will exercise all due competence at getting to the bottom of this. Someone needs to get the memo to Jay Carney that even the typically disinterested voters aren't buying the cockalayne that BHO learned about these things in the same place we did, the newspapers, and that outraged cluelessness isn't inspiring a whole lot of confidence in America's chief executive.
That a cabinet secretary (let alone the president) would have left key policy decisions to management-level subordinates, without so much as reviewing them, is a critical point of their culpability. Quite frankly, it boggles my mind that blatant acts of malfeasance would have heretofore escaped executive scrutiny. Specifically:
- Who ordered the political witch hunt by the IRS against Tea Party, Pro-Israel, Pro-Life, Conservative, and Christian organizations?
- Who ordered a stand down to the military response in Benghazi? (General Carter Ham and Rear Admiral Charles Gaouette should know the answer to this one.)
- Further, who ordered the coverup of what really happened in Benghazi? (12 major revisions to the "talking points" . . . seriously.)
- Who ordered that at least 20 phone lines used by Associated Press reporters be tapped?
- Who ordered the EPA to provide fee waivers to green-leaning groups but deny them to conservative groups?
We already know that these weren't the actions of rouge operatives who'd decided to frolic outside the scope of their duties as employees of the federal government. More than one person is already on record that the orders came from much further up the management food chain than some random field office. The record is already beginning to show that executive-level officers had been briefed on some of these matters as far back as two years ago. At some point, the question must be officially asked, "What did the President know and when did he know it?" Throwing an "acting director" - who's gone in a month anyway - under the bus isn't going to cut it.
The connect-the-dots on Benghazi is enough alone to warrant the establishment of a select committee (or perhaps the appointment of a special prosecutor) to investigate what Rand Paul has labeled "staggering abuses of power" . . . maybe another marathon filibuster is in order.
I suspect that the reason that there isn't more public outcry is, in my opinion, twofold: (1) the co-opted media is having a helluva time getting past their pro-commie bias; and (2) the "bread and circuses" American culture is more interested in what's going on with the Kardashians (or the latest "teen mom" story) than what's going on in Washington. It's uncertain at this point whether the wiretapping scandal is going to arouse the media from their kool-aid-induced stupor, but Mr. Carney's job doesn't seem to be getting any easier. As for the hoi polloi . . . well, judging by the "magazine" covers that I see in the grocery store checkout aisle, until either the people's house or the fourth estate start doing their jobs, don't expect the typical disinterested voter (~68.26% of the electorate) to give a damn, and more's the pity because of it.
Because, quite frankly, and for whatever my opinion is worth, not only should Barack Obama and Eric Holder be staring down the business end of impeachment charges, but so also should Hillary Clinton, Tim Geithner, Leon Panetta, and Lisa Jackson. The abuse of power is just that egregious, and the example that needs to be set is just that severe. I have no idea what the precedent is for impeaching a federal executive who's no longer in office, but a hypothetical conviction could, theoretically, bring about the punishment specified in U. S. Constitution Article I § 3, Clause 7 (specifically, permanent disqualification from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit in the federal government going forward). That'll throw a wrench into Hillary 2016.
(And if there's any truth to the scuttlebutt that Kathleen Sebelius is using the authority of her office to conduct a shakedown of the healthcare industry in order to raise funds for the federal exchanges, then throw her in with the rest of the lot.)
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From Washington post
Contemporaneous comments on the scope of impeachment are persuasive as to the intention of the framers. In Federalist No. 65, Alexander Hamilton described the subject of impeachment as
those offences which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust. They are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated POLITICAL, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself.59
Comments in the state ratifying conventions also suggest that those who adopted the Constitution viewed impeachment as a remedy for usurpation or abuse of power or serious breach of trust. Thus, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina stated that the impeachment power of the House reaches "those who behave amiss, or betray their public trust."60 Edmund Randolph said in the Virgina convention that the President may be impeached if he "misbehaves."61 He later cited the example of the President's receipt of presents or emoluments from a foreign power in violation of the constitutional prohibition of Article I, section 9. 62 In the same convention George Mason argued that the President might use his pardoning power to "pardon crimes which were advised by himself" or, before indictment or conviction, "to stop inquiry and prevent detection." James Madison responded:
[I]f the President be connected, in any suspicious manner, with any person, and there be grounds tp believe he will shelter him, the House of Representatives can impeach him; they can remove him if found guilty...63
By IBM
The Democrat President has destroyed the economy and eliminated jobs for the Poor, The Black and the Hispanic worker.
At the same time, he is proposing to bring in 11 million more Illegal Immigrant workers to drive down Wages. Since the election of this President, the average wage in the United States has decreased and is on target to continue to decrease with added illegal immigrants.
He will also let you pay for the medical care, schooling, welfare, and other government benefits for the illegal immigrant who has broken into the United States. In many countries they would be sent to prison for that crime.
The Democrat President will reward the illegal with your job and let you pay for his needs. It is time to Impeach the Democrat President.
Write your senator and representative today and tell them you have had enough. You want him impeached now.
IBM
Lying, bribing, subverting election laws, payoffs, aiding the nation's enemies, seeking the abrogation of the U.S. Constitution – which of these does not fall under the "high crimes and misdemeanors" required in the nation's founding documents for the removal of a sitting president, asks a new special report.
"The Case for Impeachment: Why Barack Hussein Obama Should be Impeached to Save America" by Steven Baldwin covers all of these issues and more in making its arguments.
"This is the beginning of the end for the United States unless the people exercise their precious remaining liberties and stand and demand that their elected representatives impeach this president before further mortal damage is inflicted upon America," the report concludes.
The author explains that the Founding Fathers enshrined the impeachment clause into the United States Constitution because they feared that a president intent on subverting the very principles upon which the American experiment was built would someday rise to power.
