It’s time to turn the tables on the Impeach for Peace folks, and to use their own tool against them!
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Impeach for Peace researched a method for impeaching a President (Obama!!!!), Vice President, or any other power abusing federal official using a little known and rarely used part of the Rules of the House of Representatives (“Jefferson’s Manual”). This document actually empowers individual citizens to initiate the impeachment process themselves.
“Jefferson’s Manual” is an interpretive guide to parliamentary procedure, and is included (along with the Constitution) in the bound volumes of the Rules of the House of Representatives. It is ratified by each congress (including the current one), and has been updated continuously through the history of our democracy. The section covering impeachment lists the acceptable vehicles for bringing impeachment motions to the floor of the House.
Before the House Judiciary Committee can put together the Articles of Impeachment, someone must initiate the impeachment procedure. Most often, this occurs when members of the House pass a resolution. Another method outlined in the manual, however, is for individual citizens to submit a memorial for impeachment.
After learning this information, Minnesotan and Impeach for Peace cofounder (Jodin Morey) found precedent in an 1826 memorial by Luke Edward Lawless which had been successful in initiating the impeachment of Federal Judge James H. Peck. Impeach for Peace then used this as a template for their “Do-It-Yourself Impeachment.” Now any citizen can download the DIY Impeachment Memorial and submit it, making it possible for Americans to do what our representatives have been unwilling to do.
Download, fill in your relevant information in the blanks (name, State, notary is optional), and send in a letter today.
The temperature was around ten degrees fahrenheit at four o’clock in the afternoon as three members of Patriots for Corporate Rights gathered in front of the Walker Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library at 2880 Hennepin Avenue on the corner of Lagoon Street in Uptown, grabbed their signs, and waved American flags to passing traffic. As we became increasingly comfortable, we began speaking aloud about the importance of building the economy using our best tools: torture and war.
Immediately one person skeptical of our position approached and criticized our advocacy of these things. The gentleman was soon persuaded to join us when it became clear how sincere we were in our advocacy of this radical yet important agenda.
WCCO-TV Channel 4 News was there to capture us on film almost immediately, but unfortunately, things didn’t really get going until after they left. More people showed up with signs in a short time, and things started to get very entertaining as everyone started to shout slogans such as “Support all war, always!”, "Spend more, think less!", “Cut funding for mass transit and use it to fund the war!”, “Get a job!”, “Shopping is patriotic!”, “Corporate rights are human rights!”, “There is no country so small that it doesn’t have some resource we can use!”, “Dissent is unpatriotic!” and “Abolish the Supreme Court, abolish Congress, the Unitary Executive is all we need! Trust Bush!, Trust Bush!, Trust Bush!” Many more slogans and chants were shouted as well. A bullhorn allowed us to get our message to people down the street. There was energy and excitement in the air.
All told, maybe twenty people joined us over the course of the next two hours, with perhaps eight to twelve people hanging around holding signs at any given time. Watching the reaction of passersby and cars was extremely interesting. Many people honked and gave enthusiastic thumbs up; others (undoubtedly people who did not understand the subtlety of our position) frowned and flipped us off. A couple of tin foil hat-wearing, hippy, moon bat, Commie pinkos even showed the Peace Sign!