From BRUTUS%PITTVMS.bitnet Mon Feb 4 13:04:49 1991 Sender: Activists Mailing List Subject: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The following is for immediate release and distribution. ******************************************************** 102nd Congress 1st Session H.Res. 34 Impeaching George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. ------------------------------------ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 1991 Mr. GONZALEZ submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on ________________. A RESOLUTION Impeaching George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. Impeaching George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, That George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United States is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the Senate: Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of all of the people of the the United States of America, against George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE I In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United Sates and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution. U.S. soldiers in the Middle East are overwhelmingly poor white, black, and Mexican American, and their military service is based on the coercion of a system that has denied viable economic opportunities to these classes of citizens. Under the Constitution, all classes of citizens are guaranteed equal protection, and calling on the poor and minorities to fight a war for oil to preserve the life styles of the wealthy is a denial of the rights of these soldiers. In all of this George Herbert Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. ARTICLE II In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitutional of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has violated the U.S. Constitution, federal law and the United Nations Security Council, to support belligerent acts against Iraq. In all of this George Herbert Walker Bush as acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. ARTICLE III In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prepared, planned, and conspired to engage in a massive war against Iraq employing methods of mass destruction that will result in the killing of tens of thousands of civilians, many of whom will be children. This planning includes the placement and potential use of nuclear weapons, and the use of such indiscriminate weapons and massive killing by serial bombardment, or otherwise, of civilians violates the Hague Conventions of 1907 and 1923,the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol I thereto, the Nuremberg Charter, the Genocide Convention and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. In all of this George Herbert Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. ARTICLE IV In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has committed the United States to acts of war without congressional consent and contrary to the United Nations Charter and international law. From August, 1990, through January, 1991, the President embarked on a course of action that systematically eliminated every option for peaceful resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis. Once the President approached Congress for a declaration of war, 500,000 American soldiers' lives were in jeopardy - rendering any substantive debate by Congress meaningless. The President has not received a declaration of war by Congress, and in contravention of the written word, the spirit, and the intent of the U.S. Constitution has declared that he will go to war regardless of the views of Congress and the American people. In failing to seek a declaration of war, and in declaring his intent to violate the Constitution in disregarding the acts of Congress - including the War Powers resolution - George Herbert Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bust, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. ARTICLE V In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has planned, prepared and conspired to commit crimes against the peace by leaking the United States into aggressive war against Iraq in violation of Article 2 (4) of the United Nations Charter, the Nuremberg Charter, other international instruments and treaties, and Constitution of the United States. In all of this George Herbert Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. *** END ***