Paula Jones's Attorney Calls For Bush Impeachment

[kpete]

Whitehead: "I was one of the lead attorneys in that case and had agreed to represent Jones in her sexual harassment lawsuit because I believed the underlying principle in the case was too important to let it slide. Namely, no one is above the law, not even the president."


Is It Time to Consider Impeaching the President?
By John W. Whitehead
2/5/2008

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The separation of powers, which is at the heart of our system of checks and balances, allows the president to have as much power as Congress and the courts but no more than that. The importance of this constitutional principle cannot be overstated. It ensures that power does not become centralized in a single branch of government, thereby preventing our country from sliding into an authoritarian regime.

Thus, it’s time for Congress to grow a backbone and send this president a clear message: either step in line with the rule of law and heed the voice of “we the people” who speak through Congress or face impeachment hearings. If Congress does not act, this president and those who come after him will continue to amass power at an alarming rate to the detriment of us all.

We must never forget that America was founded on the consent of the governed. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence: “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.”

It’s not time to abolish our form of government, but it’s certainly time to bring our elected officials under the rule of law.

more at:
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=517

[Bitwit1234]

1. Maybe if she goes to the white house and volunteers

to give one of those BJ's she might get it done. Has she run out of money and want to cause a flurry to gain some publicity.

[DCKit]

2. Dear Twit,

You are being obtuse. So you don't have to go back and re-read the OP:

This is the lawyer that brought suit FOR Paula Jones, not Paula Jones.

[pacalo]

3. I have to recommend this on the basis of kpete's dedication to finding the news that interests me.

:toast:

[DemoTex]

4. Since the Rutherford Institute is a conservative legal organization ..

.. I find this story amazing.

"I did not, however, agree with the impeachment proceedings charging Clinton with perjury and obstruction of justice. Don’t get me wrong: what Clinton did was unacceptable and unworthy of his office and his role as a national figure. However, there’s a world of difference between lying about sex and blatantly disregarding the Constitution."
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=517

Dennis Kucinich calling for impeachment of Bu$h is one thing. For a card-carrying mouthpiece of the vast R/W conspiracy to suggest that it might be time to impeach is quite another. To paraphrase Sgt. Elias (Platoon), the worm may have finally turned.