What next step should the representatives of ‘We the People’ take once it’s been proven that the president and his goon squad fired senate confirmed appointments for political purposes? According to James Madison, the president should be impeached.
Thom Hartmann recently gave voice to a discussion in The Congressional Register from 1789. At the time, no “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” had yet been defined. Congress was still in the process of fleshing out the governmental body. That day they were working to establish the department of foreign affairs when discussion turned to the issue of presidential control over appointments requiring senate approval.
from James Madison – “Impeach Bush Over Purgegate!” by Thom Hartmann
According to James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution,” if a President were to order or allow the “wanton removal of meritorious officers” such as US attorneys, such an action “would subject the President to impeachment and removal from his own high trust.”
Read through the sections, at least, that Thom bold-faced. Madison took the discussion very seriously, and he set out his conclusions quite clearly and with great intent.
I own to you, Mr. chairman, that I feel great anxiety upon this question; I feel an anxiety, because I am called upon to give a decision in a case that may affect the fundamental principles of the government under which we act, and liberty itself.
We can’t have political loyalists in the DOJ waving guns and making decisions with only one criterion in mind, the constant sycophantic pleasuring of the president. As a January NY Times editorial points out, “it is particularly dangerous to put United States attorneys’ offices in the hands of political operatives because federal prosecutors have extraordinary power to issue subpoenas and bring criminal charges.”
If the executive branch somehow gets away with firing senate-confirmed appointments for political purposes we tolerate/codify a system that culls the competent and hoists-up parasites. Prosecutors must be objective, capable, and in free to act. Whether it’s Bush or some other president to come, this model absolutely cannot stand. It must be exposed and action must be taken to prevent it from creeping back. We can see, to a degree, what’s been happening with the voter fraud, but who knows what’s next on the to-do list. We absolutely cannot tolerate a system that encourages prosecutors to hold to politics over performance.
The remedy for dealing with presidents that ‘order or allow’ the firing of damned good appointment is clear — the people want it and the forefathers demand it. Imagine a single week, a day, where Bush was actually held accountable for everything he ordered or allowed to happen? Anyhow, there’s a well-sourced and cogent discussion of this matter over at My Left Wing. If you can’t make it all the way through Thom’s, I recommend reading o.c.’s reduction.
Well, on April 28th, there will be impeachment protests in towns and cities all over the country. And everywhere people will be using signs, their bodies, chalk, or anything else they can think of to spell out IMPEACH! Several cities have actions planned already, but we invite everybody to start thinking about the most creative, spectacular, beautiful, and clever ways they can come up with to spell it out. This is a spin-off of the BeachImpeach project on the shores of San Francisco where over 1,100 people spelled out “Impeach!” Find out what is going on in your town, or start your own project. Be a part of history and this media grabbing call to defend our Constitution through impeachment.
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