Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Prosecution and impeachment of Bush

The National Lawyers Guild calls for the prosecution of President George W. Bush with a "command responsibility" theory of liability under the War Crimes Act. Bush can be prosecuted under the War Crimes Act or the Torture Statute, if he knew or should have known about the U.S. military's use of torture and failed to stop or prevent it.
Francis Boyle, Professor at the University of Illinois, has already launched a nonpartisan national campaign last year to impeach President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Attorney General Ashcroft and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld (draft of impeachment). Ramsey Clark, the former Attorney General of the United States, runs another campaign to impeach members of the Bush Administration.

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