Michael, let me preface this by saying there is nothing that would make me laugh harder than to see Bush and Cheney handcuffed together in orange jumpsuits doing the perp walk, but until there is evidence that he committed an impeachable offense you are only getting yourself set up for further disappointment. Dont think for a minute that the Democrats arent doing everything they can to find a smoking gun on Bush-Cheney, but until they do, we must sit here and watch the ineptness continue, like it or not. That is our constitution and this isnt California we are talking where we can get a recall election going.
Having a policy ruled unconstitional is not an impeachable offense. See the line item veto ruling for that, among many other rulings throughout history.
Granting oneself powers in time of national emergency over those bodies would only be done in the case of those bodies through the deaths of many of its members such as in a terrorist act would he act through martial law until the body could be re-populated...read Tom Clancy's "Executive Orders" for a fictional but possible account of this, published 10 years beforehand BTW.
Where has Cheney said he is not part of the Executive Branch? Although he may stretch the bounds of it, he has not to anyone who cares to talk about it broke the law.
If Haliburton was doing business in Iran, with Cheney as its head, it was before he was VP. Did you ever realise that Haliburton is a major US government contractor and doing business in Iran might have been to the benefit of the US...think intelligence agencies here.
You are right, we live in a nation of laws. We live in a nation of due process. Section II. Article 4 of the US Constitution says:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
The key term in this phrase being that of CONVICTED. He hasnt even been charged, the Executive Branch is given quite a bit of leeway by design to allow them to do thier jobs rather than have to be tied down with frivilous charges in the name of dislike for one person over the other, such as personal vendettas.
I dont like the men, Bush and Cheney have set this country back years and it will take the next leader a good deal of time to heal the wounds that have been caused by the ineptness we find ourselves in now. But calling for impeachment on every fart that went crosswise is a waste of time.
