In place of a separate December meeting, we urge our members to attend the Forum on Impeachment sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action (Lower and Central Bucks chapters) on
In this educational event we will hear from published authors who are students of
- What does the Constitution say about impeachment?
- When has impeachment been used in
- Do any actions of President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney constitute the “high crimes and misdemeanors” referred to in the Constitution?
- Why is the U.S. Congress not acting on the impeachment resolutions that have been introduced?
- Are there reasons why Congress should not consider impeachment?
The speakers include:
Dave Lindorff, investigative reporter, columnist for CounterPunch, and contributor to Businessweek, the Nation, Extra! and Salon.com magazine. He is a 2004 winner of a Project Censored award. His most recent book, with Barbara Olshanky, is The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office.
Rob Kall, publisher of the progressive media site www.opednews.com, president of Futurehealth, Inc., founder of the Storycon summit meeting on the art, science and application of story, a grassroots activist in
By speaker phone: Elizabeth Holtzman. As congresswoman, served on House Judiciary Committee during hearings on impeachment of Richard Nixon, author, with Cynthia Cooper, of The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens.
Note from the Coalition: This is not an impeachment rally, but a forum on the history, meaning, and constitutional definition of impeachment, and an assessment of whether either the president or the vice-president has committed impeachable offenses.
