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Berkeley Places Impeachment on the Ballot; National Education and Lobbying Campaign to Follow

Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2006-06-28 15:21.

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Last night, the City of Berkeley made history.

Working with Constitution Summer, the nonpartisan youth-led campaign dedicated to advancing a serious case for impeaching President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the Berkeley City Council voted 9-0 to take the question of impeachment directly to the people of Berkeley. Specifically, the Council voted to place an initiative on the Berkeley municipal ballot that advocates impeachment based on four key charges:

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1) illegal domestic spying in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the 4th Amendment;
2) misleading the country into a war of aggression in Iraq based on fraudulent claims;
3) indefinite detention, extraordinary rendition, and torture;
4) abuse of executive authority and subversion of the Constitution.

This November, the nearly 75,000 registered voters in Berkeley will be able to judge for themselves whether these charges constitute High Crimes and Misdemeanors that warrant the impeachment and removal from office of the President and Vice President. The electoral process will also help spark a crucial public dialogue we hope will spread.

The charges listed above are based on articles of impeachment drafted by the Center for Constitutional Rights. This summer, Constitution Summer will be working with CCR and their publisher, Melville House, to organize a series of film screenings and teach-ins on the case for impeachment all over the country, starting July 19th with a 600-person kickoff event in the San Francisco Bay Area.

By fall, Constitution Summer will have identified and equipped leaders on campuses all over the United States with the tools necessary to use their schools as social and intellectual catalysts for the passage of impeachment resolutions in their communities.

To better advance our work of putting forth a nonpartisan, mainstream, constitutionally grounded, youth-led campaign for impeachment, the founders of Constitution Summer have incorporated as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit. We have been operating entirely on volunteer time and have incurred large expenses, which we have paid for out-of-pocket. We would like to see our organization grow, and we need your help.

Please consider making a donation to Constitution Summer if you are able, and please forward this email widely. If you are a student, form a chapter at your school; this constitution can help you get started. The best way for anyone to get informed quickly is to buy the CCR book and attend a teach-in. Finally, if you are receiving this email as a forward, please be sure to sign up with Constitution Summer to stay informed.

Thank you for the time you have taken to read this. Let's restore our constitution.

Sincerely,

Geoffrey King
Co-Founder and President, Constitution Summer
www.constitutionsummer.org

Constitution Summer is a social welfare organization organized under the laws of the State of California. An application is pending with the IRS for recognition of Constitution Summer as a nonprofit social welfare organization under section 501(c)(4) of the IRC. Contributions to Constitution Summer are not tax deductible.

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