Petition for Impeachment of President Bush and Vice President
Cheney
Moved by Councilman Galloway, seconded by Councilman Covey, to
adopt the following Resolution:
WHEREAS, President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard
Cheney have committed high crimes and misdemeanors as they have
repeatedly and intentionally violated the United States Constitution
and other laws of the United States, particularly the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Torture Convention, which
under Article VI of the Constitution is a treaty as part of the
"supreme law of the land;" and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have acted to strip
Americans of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite
detentions of citizens, without access to legal counsel, without
charge, and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial
officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the
discretionary designation by the President of the United States that
a citizen is an "enemy combatant," all in subversion of law; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have ordered and
authorized the United States Attorney General to override judicial
orders for the release of detainees under the United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly INS) under their
jurisdiction, even though the judicial officer after full hearing
has determined that a detainee is held wrongfully by the government;
and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have ordered on at
least thirty (30) occasions the National Security Agency to
intercept and otherwise record international telephone and other
signals and communications by American citizens without warrants
from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly
constituted by Congress in 1978, and designated U. S. citizens as
"enemy combatants," all in violation of constitutional guarantees of
due process; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have admitted to
willingly and repeatedly to have violated the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act and boasted that they would continue to do so, each
violation constituting a felony; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have violated the
United Nations Charter and other treaties prohibiting aggressive war
by invading the sovereign nation of Iraq at great cost in lives,
debt, and domestic security, without just cause or provocation, and
has misled the United States Congress with deliberate or grossly,
wantonly negligent falsehoods to obtain the Authorization for Use of
Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 93-102-1); and
WHEREAS, it is the uniform practice of the U. S. House of
Representatives to receive petitions or resolutions from primary
assemblies of the people.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Ferndale submits
that the actions and admissions of President George W. Bush and Vice
President Richard Cheney constitute ample grounds for their
impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to
hold and enjoy any offices of honor, trust, or profit under the
United States.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City of Ferndale, that we request
our representative in the United States Congress submit this
Resolution as a petition to be published in the U.S. Congressional
Record and that he introduce Articles of Impeachment against the
President and Vice President.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Clerk of the City of Ferndale is
hereby instructed to certify to the Clerk of the House of
Representatives, under the seal of the City of Ferndale, a copy of
this resolution and its adoption by the Council, a copy shall be
marked with the word "Petition" at the top and contain the
authorizing signature of the City Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if the Resolution should pass that it
be distributed to the entire Michigan Federal Legislative Delegation
and surrounding communities as well as our State Legislative
representatives.
AYES: Council Members Galloway; Covey, Mayor Porter
NAYS: Council Member Lennon
ABSENT: Council Member Gumbleton
MOTION CARRIED
I, Sharon Szalma, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Ferndale,
certify that this is a true and compared copy of a Resolution duly
made and passed by the Ferndale City Council at a meeting held May
29, 2007.
Sharon Szalma, Deputy City Clerk
