Please help: Impeachment Activity

[H2O Man]

"They had forgotten, if they ever knew, that the Constitution is designed to be a law for rulers and people alike at all times and under all circumstances; and that no doctrine involving more pernicious consequences to the commonweal has ever been invented by the wit of a man than the notion that any of its provisions can be suspended by the President for any reason whatsoever.

"On the contrary, they apparently believed that the President is above the Constitution, and has autocratic power to suspend its provisions if he decides in his own unreviewable judgment that his action in so doing promotes his own political interests or the welfare of the nation. As one of them testified before the Senate Select Committee, they believed that the President has the autocratic power to suspend the Fourth Amendment whenever he imagines that some indefinable aspect of national security is involved. …

"When all is said, the only sure antidote for future Watergates is understanding of fundamental principles and intellectual and moral integrity in the men and women who achieve or are entrusted with government or political power."
--Senator Samuel J. Ervin, Jr; Individual Statement; The Senate Watergate Report


I would like to ask those DUers who are in favor of the House Judiciary Committee moving forward on the Kucinich Resolution for the impeachment of VP Dick Cheney to do me a big favor. I know that there are differences of opinion on this forum about the issues involved in the organic grass roots process of advocating for impeachment, and I want to be clear: I am only asking those who believe that congress should honor their oath of office to honor and protect the Constitution help me with this.

In the "Introduction" to the historic Ervin Committee Report, it notes that one of the critical functions of the Congress is "to inform the public of any wrongdoing or abuses" of power they find the members of the executive office have committed. (see pages 39-42)

This congressional duty "should be preferred even to its legislation function," according to President Woodrow Wilson (Congressional Government; page 303). This view, which the Ervin Committee said "cannot be over-emphasized," is also a well-documented part of case law as determined in two USSC cases: {2} Watkins v. United States, 354 US 178, 200 (1957); and {2} United States v. Rumely, 345 US 41, 43 (1953).

I am hoping that DUers will call, fax and e-mail Representative John Conyers to politely remind him of this. I have the following phone number, fax number, and e-mail address:

phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
[email protected]

Please consider using this post as a "copy & paste" resource for your e-mail, and a reference for fax and/or phone calls. Thank you for your support on this.