Impeachment Resolution Against President George W. Bush
by
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of Law
January 17, 2003
108nd Congress H.Res.XX
1st Session
Impeaching George Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January __, 2003
Mr./Ms. Y submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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Impeaching George Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
A RESOLUTION
Impeaching George Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Impeaching George Walker Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That George 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 United States of America, against George 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 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 attempted to impose a police state and a military dictatorship upon the people and
Republic of the United States of America by means of "a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations" against the Constitution
since September 11, 2001. This subversive conduct includes but is not limited to trying to suspend the constitutional
Writ of Habeas Corpus; ramming the totalitarian U.S.A. Patriot Act through Congress; the mass-round-up and incarceration
of foreigners; kangaroo courts; depriving at least two United States citizens of their constitutional rights by means of
military incarceration; interference with the constitutional right of defendants in criminal cases to lawyers; violating
and subverting the Posse Comitatus Act; unlawful and unreasonable searches and seizures; violating the First Amendments
rights of the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government for
redress of grievances; packing the federal judiciary with hand-picked judges belonging to the totalitarian Federalist
Society and undermining the judicial independence of the Constitution's Article III federal court system; violating the
Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions and the U.S. War Crimes Act; violating the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;
reinstitution of the infamous "Cointelpro" Program; violating the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the
Convention against Torture, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; instituting the totalitarian Total
Information Awareness Program; and establishing a totalitarian Northern Military Command for the United States of
America itself. In all of this George 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 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 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 violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. U.S. soldiers in the
Middle East are overwhelmingly poor White, Black, and Latino 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 of the laws, and calling on the poor and minorities to fight a war for oil
to preserve the lifestyles of the wealthy power elite of this country is a denial of the rights of these soldiers. In
all of this George 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 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 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 violated the U.S. Constitution, federal law, and the United Nations Charter by
bribing, intimidating and threatening others, including the members of the United Nations Security Council, to support
belligerent acts against Iraq. In all of this George 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 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 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 and catastrophic
aggression against Iraq by employing methods of mass destruction that will result in the killing of hundreds of
thousands of civilians, many of whom will be children. This planning includes the threatened use of nuclear weapons, and
the use of such indiscriminate weapons and massive killings by aerial bombardment, or otherwise, of civilians, violates
the Hague Regulations on land warfare, the rules of customary international law set forth in the Hague Rules of Air
Warfare, the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol I thereto, the Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles,
the Genocide Convention, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956). In all of
this George 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 Walker Bush, 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 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 September, 2001 through January, 2003, 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 consent to war, tens of thousands of 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 the American people. In failing to seek and obtain a Declaration of
War, George 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 Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.
ARTICLE VI
In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George 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 leading the
United States into aggressive war against Iraq in violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter, the Nuremberg
Charter, Judgment, and Principles, the Kellogg-Brand Pact, U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956), numerous other
international treaties and agreements, and the Constitution of the United States. In all of this George 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 Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.
(In memory of Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez - R.I.P. - and H. Res. 34, 102nd Cong., 1st Sess., Jan. 16, 1991.)