http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/impeachment/ en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:00:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277889/posts I'm wondering how long it will be before the word "impeachment" starts being bantered about? The list of reasons to expel Obama keeps getting longer and stronger, and this is only five months into his reign. Everyone knows about his inexperience. His rhetorical abilities made people overlook this weakness. Even his eligibility to have become president is becoming an issue. He places personal and party ideologies over what is best for America. I thought when appointing justices, it was supposed to be "the best person for the job" and "justice is blind." Affirmative-action policies and "empathy" aren't part of the... The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277889/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:00:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277446/posts I'm wondering how long it will be before the word "impeachment" starts being bantered about? The list of reasons to expel Obama keeps getting longer and stronger, and this is only five months into his reign. Everyone knows about his inexperience. His rhetorical abilities made people overlook this weakness. Even his eligibility to have become president is becoming an issue. He places personal and party ideologies over what is best for America. I thought when appointing justices, it was supposed to be "the best person for the job" and "justice is blind." Affirmative-action policies and "empathy" aren't part of the... The Daily Star.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277446/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:40:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276976/posts It has been documented that Barack Obama has committed various impeachable offenses. But one single violation of the law stands alone as the one that could bring about his downfall. The key is if and when liberals rediscover their conscience. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276976/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:53:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275508/posts The House on Friday impeached a federal judge imprisoned for lying about sexual assaults of two women in the first such vote since impeaching former President Bill Clinton a decade ago. The impeachment of U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent of Texas sets up a trial in the Senate. Kent is the first federal judge impeached in 20 years. The House approved four articles of impeachment against Kent accusing him of sexually assaulting two female employees and lying to judicial investigators and Justice Department officials. All four articles passed unanimously. Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275508/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:02:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2275432/posts Under normal conditions Barack Obama would be facing impeachment hearings in the U.S. Congress. But these are not normal conditions. As Obama embarks on a course of action that involves committing unlawful acts, his co-conspirators in the Congress and in the Supreme Court remain mum. But make no mistake about it, the President has committed impeachable offenses. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2275432/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:02:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266514/posts With the government-imposed terms of bankruptcy for GM and Chrysler, Barack Obama has violated the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution--a serious impeachable offense. Bond holders and investors were deprived of due process of law and were not justly compensated for their investment. Instead, the UAW was given .68 cents on the dollar, although they never invested a dime in the companies, and the investors only received .28 cents on the dollar for their multi-millions they pumped into the 2 automakers. Columbia Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266514/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 05:38:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255156/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid became the latest Democrat to stray into rhetorical trouble Tuesday, botching statements on three subjects in one news conference - including the fragile health of the chamber's most senior members. The Nevada Democrat reported that one of them, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., was absent because he was receiving a new round of treatment for his brain cancer. Asked if the cancer was in remission, Reid replied, "As far as I know, it is, yes." Kennedy's office refused to confirm Reid's comments or make any statement in response, the public silence a classic... apnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255156/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 01:40:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242932/posts A leading bankruptcy attorney representing hedge funds and money managers told ABC News Saturday that Steve Rattner, the leader of the Obama administration's Auto Industry Task Force, threatened one of the firms, an investment bank, that if it continued to oppose the administration's Chrysler bankruptcy plan, the White House would use the White House press corps to destroy its reputation. The White House said the story was false. "The charge is completely untrue," said White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton, "and there's obviously no evidence to suggest that this happened in any way." Thomas Lauria, Global Practice Head of... Political Punch ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242932/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 22:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238103/posts Some Democrats in Congress are having a tough time convincing President Obama, as well as their colleagues, to form an independent "truth" commission to probe the evolution of interrogation tactics under the Bush administration. So lawmakers who oppose those techniques are looking for the next best thing -- the impeachment of one of the authors of the so-called "torture memos." Jay Bybee, one of the lawyers who wrote the opinions justifying the tactics, is now a federal judge in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. That should change, some Democrats say. "I think someone who writes a how-to memo on... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238103/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222989/posts Do their crimes rise to the level of treason, high crimes and misdemeanors? Do we dare utter the "I" word? Does the future hold ..... gasp ..... impeachment for Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid for the unconscionable, treasonous actions each of them has taken in the last few months to "fix" a crisis that they and their partners in crime and the previous administration and congress, created? Is there an international cabal of money changers and power brokers that are calling the shots and Obama, Pelosi and Reid are just willing accomplices? Is there an international plan to... Nat'l Association of Rural Landowners http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222989/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2009 00:39:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215046/posts I am just wondering, can anyone tell me why are we not impeaching Obama now, before he does anymore damage? I am no expert but what is needed to impeach a president. Can anyone here explain what is needed? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215046/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:08:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2184211/posts WASHINGTON William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, beat the rap yesterday. After a 13-month national mud bath over Clinton's adulterous affair with a lovestruck White House intern, the second presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history ended in acquittal. "Thank God this is over," said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). To no one's surprise, the verdict wasn't close. Clinton had a comfortable cushion of 22 votes against the perjury charge and 17 votes on obstruction of justice. In a hushed chamber at 12:36 p.m., Chief Justice William Rehnquist formally declared Clinton was in the clear that his lies... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2184211/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:47:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183581/posts It’s been exactly ten years since the end of the Senate impeachment trial of William Jefferson Clinton. On Feb. 12, 1999, the Republican bid to prematurely terminate Clinton’s second term ended with an even party-line vote -- far short of the two-thirds majority required to force out of office the 42nd President of the United States. I can still hear in my mind’s ear the voice of then-Chief Justice of the United States, William H. Rehnquist, saying the words: “Senators, how say you?” on that fateful day. The next day, The Washington Post’s front page offered stories like: “Alone, President... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183581/posts#comment Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176886/posts One thing the Republicans can attempt to do is try to start impeachment proceedings on "Little Tommie Daschle". The new RNC Chairman Michael Steele should take this football and run with it. If the new Democratic Congress and Administration is going to hoodwink the American public out of almost a trillion dollars towards "recovery", the Republicans should come out fighting. One gift handed the Republicans is the Tax Fraud by "Little Tommie Daschle". Could be a point of Freeper Activism -- just bringing up mention of the Daschle Tax Fraud during Tax filing season. Bringing the word "Impeachment" to the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176886/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2009 20:29:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174539/posts SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Senate voted to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office Thursday, marking the first time in the state's long history of political corruption that a chief executive has been impeached and convicted. The 59-0 vote followed several hours of public deliberation in which senator after senator stood up to blast Blagojevich, whose tenure lasted six years. And it came after a four-day impeachment trial on allegations that Blagojevich abused his power and sold his office for personal and political benefit. The conviction on a sweeping article of impeachment means the governor was immediately removed from office.... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174539/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:03:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174536/posts One of the most colorful Governors in U.S. history, at least since Huey Long, Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois, was just removed from office by a unanimous vote, 59 – 0 in the Illinois Senate. The vote was followed by another vote to prevent the Governor from ever holding Public Office again. Can they do that? On January 29, 2009, the colorful Governor who has held the fickle attention of the American public for the last few weeks, goes home to his wife and family without a job, a car, or any idea of the source of his next paycheck.... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174536/posts#comment Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:01:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174482/posts The vote was unanimous. Rod is no longer the Governor of Illinois. Fox News TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174482/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:45:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174254/posts Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrived at the state Capitol Thursday to deliver a "passionate" speech at his impeachment trial that could be a last-ditch attempt to keep his job just hours before a possible vote to remove him from office. Upon his arrival, Blagojevich said he's not giving up hope and that he's going to keep fighting. Blagojevich was working past midnight Wednesday on his "passionate" speech that will explain why he decided to appear at the trial, his public relations firm said Thursday. "He at least wants to have his final say," spokesman Lucio Guerrero told reporters Thursday before... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174254/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:55:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174136/posts Illinois Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich now promises he will appear before the Illinois Senate today and give his own closing argument. I can hardly wait. This man has become a caricature of himself; no cartoonist can capture the essence of his weirdness as well as Blago himself. This should be good. American Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174136/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:54:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2170513/posts Illinoise Governor Rod Blagojevich claims that the Illinois Senate Rules of Impeachment 8(b) and 15(f) essentially deny him the right to due process in the upcoming Illinois Senate impeachment trial. Is he correct? Does he have a constitutional right to challenge the accusations against him and call witnesses for his defense? Is he incorrect? Is he simply an employee of the State of Illinois and therefore subject to being fired for cause? The Illinois Senate contends that the impeachment trial is not a criminal proceeding. What say you?Rule 15(f) It is never in order to request a subpoena for the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2170513/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:17:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172159/posts <p>Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday called the state Senate's impeachment proceedings against him a "kangaroo court," telling FOX News' Geraldo Rivera that "What's happening to me is unimaginable."</p> <p>Blagojevich called on Illinois lawmakers to allow him to call witnesses to clear him of any wrongdoing.</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172159/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:57:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172051/posts SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Senate has convened a historic impeachment trial that will determine whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich is removed from office. ... Blagojevich is refusing to take part in the trial. He says its rules are so biased that he can't present a defense. .. AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172051/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:22:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171977/posts So the Blago Show is beginning! Man, is this some kind of stellar entertainment, or what? Meanwhile, his Impeachment Trial apparently begins today. He won't be there, though. Blago is on the Blitz! Blago was on the morning shows; compares himself to MLK & Ghandi and he's scheduled for the tv show "The View" sometime today. Also, tonight he's scheduled for the "Larry King Show". Hey, he's innocent until proven guilty. Will the tapes be released soon? Only time will tell. Meanwhile, that guy is entertaining. What poems will he be reciting? Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171977/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:29:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166304/posts With Gov. Rod Blagojevich's Senate impeachment trial looming at month's end, his legal team abruptly announced Friday that it would boycott the proceedings, likening them to a political lynching. Though the decision raised the possibility that the governor won't have an attorney as the proceedings begin, Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) said he still planned to start the trial Jan. 26 as scheduled. "He can get another lawyer. He's a lawyer himself," Cullerton said. "If he chooses to not have a lawyer, that's up to him." After wrestling over strategy for the last few days, lawyers Edward Genson, Sam Adam... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166304/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:38:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2165311/posts The days are dwindling down to a precious few. The clock is ticking. Like sands through the hourglass, so are the . . . DAYS TO IMPEACH! Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) DEMANDS that the Dems IMPEACH BUSH NOW!!! But they haven't. And they won't. And whom do the DUmmies blame for this abject failure of nerve? Oh, yes, the usual suspects: Pelosi, Reid, even Obambi. But the man who has been revealed--and thus reviled--for the political grandstander he always has been is the erstwhile Champion of Chimpeachment, none other than Rep. John Conyers (D-Troit). Yes, one and the same!... DUmmie FUnnies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2165311/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:19:46 GMT