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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Ortiz y Pino.

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/13/07

HB

SHORT TITLE

SB SJR 5

ANALYST Wilson

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Resolution 5 petitions congress to commence the investigation of and impeachment

proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney.

It is resolved that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney by their conduct, warrant

impeachment and trial and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office

of honor, trust or profit under the United States.

The secretary of state is instructed to certify and transmit to the speaker of the United States

House of Representatives and the clerk of the United States House of Representatives, under the

great seal of the state of New Mexico, a copy of this resolution and its adoption by the legislature

of the state of New Mexico. The copies shall be marked with the word "Petition" at the top of the

document and contain the original authorizing signature of the secretary of state.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

There is no fiscal impact.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired with others to defraud the United States of

America by intentionally misleading congress and the public regarding the threat from Iraq in

order to justify a war in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371.

Senate Joint Resolution 5 – Page

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George W. Bush has admitted to ordering the national security agency to conduct electronic

surveillance of American civilians without seeking warrants from the foreign intelligence

surveillance court of review, duly constituted by congress in 1978, in violation of Title 50 United

States Code, Section 1805.

George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired to commit the torture of prisoners in violation

of Title 18 United States Code, Chapter 113C, the United Nations Convention Against Torture

and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Geneva Conventions,

which under Article VI of the United States constitution are part of the supreme law of the land.

George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney acted to strip American citizens of their constitutional

rights by ordering indefinite detention without access to legal counsel, without charge and

without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based

solely on the discretionary designation by the president of a United States citizen as an "enemy

combatant", all in subversion of law.

George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as

president and vice president, subverting constitutional government to the great prejudice of the

cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of New Mexico and of the

United States of America.

Petitions from the country at large may be presented by the speaker of the United States house of

representatives, according to Clause 3 of House Rule XII; and Section 603 of Thomas Jefferson's

Manual on Parliamentary Practice and of the Rules of the United States House of

Representatives states that impeachment may be set in motion by charges transmitted from the

legislature of a state.

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