The following resolution passed with a unanimous vote on June 21, 2006.
Impeachment Resolution
Our democracy and the values we uphold are in danger. Open government has been replaced by secrecy. The rule of law has become the rule of the presidential signing statement in which one man rewrites the laws passed by our elected representatives.
The Trinity County Democratic Central Committee believes
that the President and Vice President have committed the following offenses
that warrant impeachment proceedings:
1-Intentionally misleading Congress and the public regarding the threat from
Iraq in order to justify a war against Iraq, and intentionally conspiring with
others to defraud Congress in this regard.
2-Ordering the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of
American citizens without seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court of Review, as required by law, specifically, Title 50 United States Code,
Section 1805.
3-Conspiring to commit the torture of prisoners. This crime violates the "Federal
Torture Act" Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C. It also violates
the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention, which are U.S. law under
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, which makes treaties ratified by the US
part of US law.
4-Ordering indefinite detention without access to legal counsel, without charge,
and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge
the detention, all in violation of U.S. law and the Bill of Rights.
On these grounds, the Trinity County Democratic Central Committee calls for
the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard “Dick”
Cheney.
For more information see trinitydemocrats.org