Law professor rebukes Democrats for letting Bush off hook
Nancy Pelosi needs to hold meaningful impeachment hearings that will focus on evidence that President Bush has committed crimes in office, constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley said Wednesday.
Turley was speaking with MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann about the House Speaker’s indication that she would let the Judiciary Committee hold an hearing to consider an impeachment article introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH).
The problem, Turley says, is that Pelosi has already rendered a “not guilty” verdict on the impeachment question, and the hearing organizers are making sure they won’t be exposing any additional criminal activity. This makes the whole exercise more like a “fancy dress ball,” than a criminal prosecution, he said.
5 Comments
July 17, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Sadly, there aren’t millions of Americans in the streets demanding justice for our nation and its Constitution.
July 17, 2008 at 7:39 pm
And Professor Turley is absolutely right. For me, it comes down to this: When a Member of Congress raises its hand and takes an Oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that Oath has to mean something. Because, if it doesn’t, then there’s a Clause in our Constitution, specifically,
that means nothing at all. And if one part of the Constitution, the Document that founded our Nation, means nothing, then what else does? And do we even have a Constitutional form of government any more?
July 17, 2008 at 7:43 pm
“And do we even have a Constitutional form of government any more?”
No.
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING
July 17, 2008 at 10:13 pm
that’s right BNF
- Michael Hayden
July 18, 2008 at 8:16 am
The Dems are are PotP. Democracy is done, politics are broken, Constitution is shredded.
Oh, and Big brother is Watching.