Series: Holding Members of the Bush Administration Accountable Before the Law (March)
- "In a government of law, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." Justice Louis Brandeis
- 6 Items
David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest
Spanish Inquiry of Alleged Bush-Era War Crimes Begins, Democratic Underground<>
“… from the U.S. government’s own documents and the public statements of its leaders, that there is prima facie evidence of the following crimes:
o Torture and the Conspiracy to Commit Torture
o War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
o Waging Aggressive War
o Illegal (Arbitrary) Detention
(He) places varying degrees of responsibility on particular government officials including George W. Bush and Richard Cheney and dismisses as inapplicable to serious international crimes the relevant defenses available to them and their subordinates including the government lawyers who (he argues) have a special professional responsibility.”
Torture Whitewash, Zaid Jilani and others, Think Progress
- "What would stop a future President (or even the current one) from re-authorizing waterboarding and the other Bush/Cheney torture techniques if he decided he wanted to?"
- Pressure from Bush officials?
On March 20, IndictBushNow is taking to the streets of Washington! IndictBushNow.org
- Tens of thousands to denounce Bush-era criminal wars
- John Yoo and Jay Bybee's disgrace
How Congress plans to block fair trials, Njambi Good, Amnesty International
One thing you can do to fight back against torture and injustice in the failed Guantánamo experiment: Urge your members of Congress to support fair, federal trials on U.S. soil
DOJ review finds no misconduct by memo authors, Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press, in Greenwich Time | CT
- An internal review said the department lawyers showed "poor judgment" but did not commit professional misconduct.
- Yes, It Was Torture, and Illegal
Take action: CBS tries to silence Indict Bush bus ads! IndictBushNow.org
- The principles of the U.S. Constitution are not "attack advertisement"
- CBS attempts to silence IndictBushNow movement!
- Tell CBS: We won't be silenced!
Related:
Series: Updating the Impeachment Bandwagon, David Culver, Evergreene Digest
Where to find, and how to get on, the speeding, loaded impeachment bandwagon.
