Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer who authored the first article of impeachment against President Clinton, discusses why he thinks President Bush’s crimes are “more worrisome.”
There is a clear and monumental case to impeach both the president and vice president. Two or three years ago, such talk and action might have been viewed as strictly partisan politics. Today, though, given the charges that could mount against both of them, the issue of impeaching either or both of them is far above and beyond being partisan. These two have subverted the Constitution and the rule of law and are setting an increasingly dangerous precedent for future administrations.
This precedent MUST be checked by Congress. Congress over the last several years has been criminally negligent and more-or-less an accomplice in this administration’s crimes against the American people and humanity. No surprise that Congress did nothing to check the president’s power when the GOP controlled Congress. Now that the Democrats control Congress, though, one would think or hope that Congress would do their job, but this Congress, as Bruce Fein stated, is “almost invertebrate.” Without Congress checking the power of the executive, the executive not only can but will become as powerful as it can. The Founding Fathers, having structured the government to avoid such a powerful executive, must be rolling in their graves.