On AlterNet: impeachment

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "impeachment"

Obama's Frightening Presidential Actions Are a Result Of Our Failure to Impeach Bush

David Swanson, After Downing Street. June 16, 2010.

Obama has gone further than Bush in claiming the powers to spy without warrant, imprison without charge, torture, assassinate, occupy and operate in unprecedented secrecy.

South Carolina Republicans to Discuss Impeaching Mark Sanford

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. August 25, 2009.

The meeting, a result of Sanford's extramarital affair and misuse of taxpayer money, is slated to take place this weekend.

One Step Closer to Torture Prosecutions?

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. August 24, 2009.

Attorney General Eric Holder has been teasing us for awhile with tantalizing hints he may actually investigate Bush-era torture cases.

How to Survive a Sex Scandal in South Carolina

Steve Benen, July 8, 2009.

Eliot Spitzer has to be kicking himself right now for resigning so quickly.

We Can Win the Fight to Prosecute Bush's Torture Lawyers

David Swanson, After Downing Street. April 21, 2009.

A push for accountability is a deterrent to future crimes, even if it fails. But remember: they won't tell us we're succeeding until we already have.

Cuckoo D'Etat: What Really Happened at Blagojevich's Impeachment Hearing

Scours Mopgood, AlterNet. January 31, 2009.

Satire: A sympathetic custodian has given AlterNet a detailed and hilarious description of how the disgraced ex-Governor's hearing went down.

Illinois House votes 114-1 to Impeach Blagojevich

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress. January 9, 2009.

The impeachment trial will be held by the state Senate.

Blagojevich Impeachment Gets Fast-Tracked

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 3, 2009.

For reasons that have never been clear to me, state lawmakers in Illinois haven't been in too big a rush to impeach Blago. That's about to change.

Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now

Jeremy Brecher, Brendan Smith, The Nation. July 19, 2008.

Why we can't let the Bush Administration get away with its crimes.

Impeach Bush Now

Elizabeth Holtzman, The Nation. July 7, 2008.

Impeachment is a critical way to curb executive power gone amok. Without public support, presidents will continue to abuse their authority.

Nader Wants Bush and Cheney Held Accountable

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. June 17, 2008.

Nader talks about back-room contracting and gives some damn good reasons to show Bush and Dick the door.

Kucinich's Mammoth Case for Impeaching Bush

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. June 12, 2008.

Dennis Kucinich takes the call to impeach Bush beyond bumper-sticker slogans, laying out 35 articles of impeachment in Congress.

Kucinich Introduces Articles of Impeachment

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. June 10, 2008.

Better late than never.

Chimpeach Bush? Only Third Party Candidates are Discussing it

John Nichols, The Nation. April 9, 2008.

Obama and Clinton believe accountability is "off the table."

Cheney Impeachment Not Off the Table

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. March 21, 2008.

The path to impeachment is clear. Democrats just need to show a little courage.

Conyers: 'If Bush Goes to Iran, He Should Be Impeached'

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. March 18, 2008.

Rep. John Conyers weighs in on Iran and FISA at the Take Back America conference in Washington DC.

What Is the Point of Congress?

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. February 4, 2008.

That's what a lot of folks are wondering, including petitioners in Vermont who want Bush and Cheney arrested for crimes against humanity.

Rep. Conyers: Impeachment Is Not Off the Table

Matt Stoller, Open Left. January 29, 2008.

I found it interesting that Conyers semi-rejects impeachment because that's what the Republicans ran on in 2006.

Want to Prevent a Depression? Impeach Dick Cheney

Bob Fertik, Democrats.com. January 25, 2008.

Why is it that, since Reagan came to Washington in 1981, "bipartisan unity" has always meant Democratic capitulation to Republicans?

Why Is Impeachment Important? [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. January 24, 2008.

You lie to the public about important matters of state? It's not a crime, but it IS impeachable.

One Step Closer to a Cheney Impeachment

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. January 23, 2008.

More than a third of the House Judiciary Committee's Democratic members want to see Cheney ousted.

Rep. Wexler: Cheney Impeachment "Far Stronger Than Watergate" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. January 17, 2008.

"We have never encountered a moment where the actions of a President or a Vice President have more strongly demanded the use of...impeachment."

Viggo Mortensen on Kucinich: "The Man Knows What Needs to be Done" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. January 10, 2008.

The charismatic movie star makes a passionate and convincing argument in support of Dennis Kucinich's presidential campaign.

George McGovern Calls for Bush and Cheney's Impeachment

Paul Rosenberg, Open Left. January 6, 2008.

Calling it "the only honorable course" for him to take, Former Senator George McGovern calls for impeachment in a Washington Post editorial.