WHEN, in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have bound them, and to assume, among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's GOD entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Humankind requires that they should declare the Causes which impel them to the Separation.

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all People are created equal, that they are endowed, by their CREATOR, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among People, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate, that Governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shown, that Humankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security. Such has been the patient Sufferance of these United States and the World; and such is now the Necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The History of President George Bush and his Government is a History of repeated Injuries and Usurpations, all having in direct Object the Establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these United States and the World. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid World.

Articles of Impeachment as presented to the US Congress by Dennis Kucinich of Ohio In the United States House of Representatives Monday, June 9th, 2008

A Resolution

Resolved, that President George W. Bush be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:

Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against President George W. Bush for high crimes and misdemeanors.

In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has committed the following abuses of power.

Article 1 Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq.
Article 2 Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression.
Article 3 Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War.
Article 4 Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States.
Article 5 Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression.
Article 6 Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114.
Article 7 Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War.
Article 8 Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter.
Article 9 Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor.
Article 10 Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes.
Article 11 Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq.
Article 12 Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources.
Article 13 Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries.
Article 14 Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Article 15 Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq.
Article 16 Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors.
Article 17 Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives.
Article 18 Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy.
Article 19 Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to 'Black Sites' Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture.
Article 20 Imprisoning Children.
Article 21 Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government.
Article 22 Creating Secret Laws.
Article 23 Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.
Article 24 Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment.
Article 25 Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens.
Article 26 Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements.
Article 27 Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply.
Article 28 Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice.
Article 29 Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Article 30 Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare.
Article 31 Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency.
Article 32 Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change.
Article 33 Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911.
Article 34 Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001.
Article 35 Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders.

WE, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these United States and the World, solemnly Publish and Declare, That these United States and the World are Free to enjoy all of the benefits guaranteed to them under the Constitution of the United States of America, and that as FREE AND INDEPENDENT PEOPLE, they have full Power to authorize their justly elected Governments to conclude Peace, and to do all other Acts and Things which are in the Highest and Best Interests of the People.

And for the Support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Support of our Divine Creator, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

Signed:

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