Articles of Impeachment:

Bush Index

I. Upholding the Law

Domestic Law:

• Spying
• Self-Exemption from Laws
• Suspending Due Process
• Promoting War

International Law:

• Torture
• Renditions
• Illegal Weapons

II. Abuse of Office

• Obstructing Inquiry
• Signing Statements
• Failure of Accountability
  • Cheney
  • Gonzalez
  • Rice
  • Rumsfeld

III. Constitution

• Manipulating Intelligence
• Initiating War
• Suspending Due Process
• Unlawful Search & Seizure
• Corrupting FISA Courts
• Non-Cooperation
• Parallel Legal System
• Sources

Cheney Index

I. International Law

• Promoting War
• Threatening War
• Promoting Torture

II. Lying

• Manipulating Intelligence
• False Evidence

III. Abuse of Office

• Exposing Identity
• Violating the Public Trust
• Unethical Business Interest

IV. Evasion

New Grounds

Draft Articles of Impeachment against Richard Bruce Cheney, Vice President of the United States of America, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

INDEX

ARTICLE I. VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

(1) Promoting an Illegal War of Aggression
(2) Threatening to Conduct an Illegal War, including Illegal Acts of War
(3) Promoting Torture

ARTICLE II. MAKING FALSE REPRESENTATIONS

(1) Manipulating Intelligence
(2) Perpetuating False Evidence

ARTICLE III. ABUSE OF OFFICE

(1) Conspiring to Reveal the Covert Identity of an Intelligence Officer
(2) Violating the Public Trust
(3) Maintaining an Unethical Business Relationship

ARTICLE IV. SERVING WITH PURPOSES OF EVASION

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