Elizabeth Holtzman--from Nixon to Bush & the Case for Impeachment

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Holtzman was a young leader on the House Judiciary Committee, during Watergate.

Today, some thirty years after Watergate, a leader in the impeachment of Richard Nixon--former member of the House Judiciary Committee Elizabeth Holtzman--returns to the national stage, with her cover story in this week's Nation, to make the case for impeachment again: this time against President George W. Bush.

"now that President Bush has thrown down the gauntlet and virtually dared Congress to stop him from violating the law, nothing less is necessary to protect our constitutional system and preserve our democracy."

This is not a partisan argument. As Holtzman argues eloquently, appealing to all citizens who care about our democracy: "A President, any President, who maintains that he is above the law---and repeatedly violates the law--thereby commits high crimes and misdemeanors, the constitutional standard for impeachment and removal from office."

For all Americans who want to preserve and protect our democracy, please read and circulate Elizabeth Holtzman's Nation article.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katrina-vanden-heuvel/elizabeth-holtzmanfrom-_b_13647.html

[Swamp Rat]

1. kick and recommended

[Disturbed]

2. Impeachment of this Prez. is necessary.

I read the article before logging in at DU. It cannot be any more clear that this Prez. needs to be Impeached. Some don't know that Impeachment is a trial to seek the facts as to whether a Govt. Official should be fired from their position due to crimes they may have committed. There is enough just cause to bring Impeachment proceedings as this article points out.