CALLING
FOR FULL INVESTIGATION INTO ABUSES OF POWER
BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND RICHARD B. CHENEY
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have acted in a manner contrary
to their trust as President and Vice President, subversive of the Constitution,
to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest
injury of the people of California and the United States of America, by
intentionally disseminating and propagating knowingly false and fabricated
“evidence” regarding the threat from Iraq in order to wage a tragic, bloody war
with the loss of thousands of brave American troops and Iraqi civilians, and
WHEREAS, it is clear that since September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush
and Vice President Dick Cheney have abused their powers of office by: 1) using
information they knew to be false as justification for the U.S. invasion of
Iraq; 2) condoning and authorizing the torture of prisoners of war; 3)
authorizing wiretaps on U.S. citizens without obtaining a warrant; 4)
disclosing the name of an undercover CIA operative contrary to law in order to
harm her for her husband’s opposition to the Iraq War; 5) having suspended and
denied the historic Writ of Habeas Corpus by ordering the indefinite detention
of so-called enemy combatants without charge and without access to legal
counsel; and 6) overstepping Presidential authority by signing statements used
to ignore or circumvent portions of over 750 Congressional statutes he brought
into law; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party supports
vigorous investigation of these charges by the Congress of the United States,
including the full use of Congressional subpoena power authority to completely
disclose the actions of the Administration to the American people and to take
necessary action to call the Administration to account with appropriate
remedies and punishment, including impeachment.
Submitted by Senator Art Torres (Ret.), Chairman of the California Democratic
Party; CDP Resolutions Co-Chairs; Emily Thurber; Bob Farran; Michael Barnett;
Tim Carpenter, Joye Swan; Patrick Henry Demo Club; 69th AD Cmte.; The
Hull-Richters; Alexandar, Mark and Natasha
(Adopted
April 29, 2007)