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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 5
48
TH LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
FIRST SESSION
, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino
A JOINT RESOLUTION
PETITIONING CONGRESS TO COMMENCE THE INVESTIGATION OF AND
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND
VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD B. CHENEY.
WHEREAS, 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; and
WHEREAS, 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; and
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WHEREAS, 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"; and
WHEREAS, 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; and
WHEREAS, in all of this, 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; and
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREAS, Section 603 of Thomas Jefferson's Manual on
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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;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney,
by such 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; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico congressional
delegation be requested to cause to be instituted in the
congress of the United States proper proceedings for the
investigation of the activities of George W. Bush and Richard
B. Cheney, to the end that they may be impeached and removed
from their offices; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary of state be
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.
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