Monday, April 24, 2006

Bush Impeachment Imminent

Illinois is getting the ball rolling on the impeachment of George W. Bush:

The Illinois General Assembly is about to rock the nation. Members of state legislatures are normally not considered as having the ability to decide issues with a massive impact to the nation as a whole. Representative Karen A. Yarbrough of Illinois' 7th District is about to shatter that perception forever. Representative Yarbrough stumbled on a little known and never utlitized rule of the US House of Representatives, Section 603 of Jefferson's Manual of the Rules of the United States House of Representatives, which allows federal impeachment proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of a state legislature. From there, Illinois House Joint Resolution 125 (hereafter to be referred to as HJR0125) was born.
California is also using this rule to impeach both Bush and Cheney. Something tells me that this tactic won't work, but merely typing the title to this post felt great. Thanks for the link, Slic[k].

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