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Text of NM Senate Impeachment Resolution 5 |
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Contributed by J. R. Ransom
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 Cheney & Bush
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 5
48TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino
A JOINT RESOLUTION PETITIONING CONGRESS TO COMMENCE THE INVESTIGATION
OF AND IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND
VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD B. CHENEY.
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired with others to
defraud the United States of America by intentionally misleading
congress and the public regarding the threat from Iraq in order to
justify a war in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371;
and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has admitted to ordering the national security
agency to conduct electronic surveillance of American civilians without
seeking warrants from the foreign intelligence surveillance court of
review, duly constituted by congress in 1978, in violation of Title 50
United States Code, Section 1805; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired to commit the
torture of prisoners in violation of Title 18 United States Code,
Chapter 113C, the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Geneva
Conventions, which under Article VI of the United States constitution
are part of the "supreme
Law of the Land"; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney acted to strip American
citizens of their constitutional rights by 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, based solely on the discretionary designation by the
president of a United States citizen as an "enemy combatant", all in
subversion of law; and
WHEREAS, in all of this, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have
acted in a manner contrary to their trust as president and vice
president, subverting constitutional government to the great prejudice
of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the
people of New Mexico and of the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, petitions from the country at large may be presented by the
speaker of the United States house of representatives, according to
Clause 3 of House Rule XII; and
WHEREAS, Section 603 of Thomas Jefferson's Manual on Parliamentary
Practice and of the Rules of the United States House of Representatives
states that impeachment may be set in motion by charges transmitted
from the legislature of a state;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW
MEXICO that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct,
warrant impeachment and trial and removal from office and
disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit
under the United States; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico congressional delegation be
requested to cause to be instituted in the congress of the United
States proper proceedings for the investigation of the activities of
George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, to the end that they may be
impeached and removed from their offices; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary of state be instructed to
certify and transmit to the speaker of the United States house of
representatives and the clerk of the United States house of
representatives, under the great seal of the state of New Mexico, a
copy of this resolution and its adoption by the legislature of the
state of New Mexico. The copies shall be marked with the word
"Petition" at the top of the document and contain the original
authorizing signature of the secretary of state.
The official NM Senate document can be found here: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/resolutions/senate/SJR05.html |
