Slow it down? You mean more than the GOP obstructionists have already done?
One of the bottom feeders of the legal profession, Bruce Fein, has drafted the articles for Obama's impeachment that have been gaining the attention of some of the Constitutionally clueless Republican members of Congress. Fein, if you recall, was the small-government conservative who worked on the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and also called for the impeachment of President George the Dubya and the Darth Vader of the beltway, Lord Cheney the Dick.
According to Fein's draft, Obama is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors by violating the war powers act and having the effrontery to be a Kenyan born Muslim, America hating, socialist negro living in the Lily White House.
I may have embellished a bit on the draft articles, but the main point is that Obama declared war on Libya without first getting Congressional approval as defined in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. What is not mentioned is that according to Article II, Section 2 the President is the Commander in Chief of the Army, Navy, and presumably, the Marines and Air Force.
It could be argued that Obama, after consulting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has the right to command the troops, short of declaring war. It could be argued that involving U.S. forces in Libya in support of the U.N. Security Council resolution constitutes a humanitarian mission.
My point in all of this impeachment mierda del toro is that this is just one more way of "getting" Obama.
Speaking of impeachment on the grounds of high crimes and misdemeanors: maybe these impeachment bozos should read a little farther down in Article I, Section 8 where one of the Congressional duties is "To promote the progress of Science and the Arts."
I sure as hell haven't seen any of that emanating from the Tea Bagger controlled Republican party. Is that an impeachable offense? Who cares! One frivolous legal action brought on Capital Hill is as good as the next.
Let me leave you with a few parting thoughts:
Bruce Fein can take his articles of impeachment and shove them up his ass. To my knowledge, he has no standing in this matter. It is up to the House Judiciary Committee to decide whether to proceed with an impeachment:
First, there is an inquiry, then a resolution stating whether impeachment is called for or not. If impeachment is called for, the full House debates the issues. If any of the articles are approved, the President will be impeached.
Now Obama is toast. Right? Not so fast. The trial comes next, and that is conducted by the Senate.
A two thirds guilty vote by the Senate will result in a conviction. The Senate will then vote on whether to remove the President from office, spank his bottom, or just give him the Congressional stink-eye. And, for the record, no American President has ever been forced from office due to impeachment. In fact, only four times in our history, has Congress held serious discussions of impeachment:
Andrew Johnson was actually impeached when Congress got their tighty-whities in a wad over the way he was dealing with some post-Civil War matters, but Johnson was acquitted in the Senate by one vote and remained in office.
Congress introduced a resolution to impeach John Tyler over state's rights issues, but the resolution failed.
Congress was debating his impeachment over the Watergate break-in when President Richard Nixon resigned.
Bill Clinton was impeached by the House on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in relationship to his stress relief activities in the oval office. Clinton was eventually acquitted by the Senate.
Texas douchebag Burgess is more than right, though. This sort of legal action will bring the wheels of government to a screeching halt. And, our tax dollars are paying these bastards to do this. To paraphrase an old saying, "If these damn Republicans would work as hard for the betterment of America as they do trying to fuck over Obama, this country would be in much better shape."
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