[Peace-discuss] hearing

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MEDIA ADVISORY  -- PLEASE FORWARD
FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2003 

US SOLDIERS, PARENTS OF US SOLDIERS, AND MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS SUED GEORGE W. BUSH TO PREVENT WAR WITHOUT
CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS

CONTACT:
Trevor Fitzgibbon: (202) 246-5303
John Bonifaz: (617) 524-2675 or (617) 529-4611 (cell)

Federal Judge in Boston to Hear Lawsuit Challenging President's Authority to
Invade Iraq without Congressional War Declaration

The U.S. soldiers, parents of U.S. soldiers, and Members of Congress who
filed a lawsuit last week in federal court in Boston challenging President
George W. Bush¹s authority to wage war against Iraq will have their day in
court.  The lawsuit seeks to prevent the President from launching a military
invasion of Iraq, absent a congressional declaration of war.  U.S.
Representatives John Conyers and Dennis Kucinich are leading the Members of
Congress who are serving as plaintiffs.

 ³A war against Iraq without a congressional declaration of war will be
illegal and unconstitutional,² says John Bonifaz, the plaintiffs¹ lead
attorney.  ³It is time for the courts to intervene.²

The plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction along with their
complaint.  The motion sought an immediate hearing on their request that the
President be barred from launching a military invasion against Iraq without
a congressional declaration of war.

(The entire set of Plaintiff legal pleadings are available at the Traprock
Peace Center site at  http://traprockpeace.org/LawsuitWaronIraq.html)

WHO:                 John Bonifaz, lawyer for plaintiffs

                           Charles Richardson, Nancy Lessin &

                           other plaintiffs

WHAT:               Hearing on Plaintiffs¹ motion for preliminary
injunction, before Judge Joseph Tauro

WHERE:             US Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way, Boston

WHEN:               10 AM, Thursday, February 20, 2003

______________________________________________________

Lawyers and plaintiffs will be available for interviews outside the
courthouse immediately after the hearing.

The Plaintiffs' attorneys have asked Traprock Peace Center to help publicize
this important effort, via its website and email notifications.  We are in
direct communication with the attorneys and will keep
http://traprockpeace.org up to date with lawsuit news, plaintiff legal
filings, and other related documents. Visit the website for an entire set of
pleadings, including the important Memorandum of Law.  The portal page to
Traprock's coverage of this effort is at
http://traprockpeace.org/LawsuitWaronIraq.html

Charlie Jenks and Sunny Miller
Traprock Peace Center
http://traprockpeace.org
charles at mtdata.com
(413-773-7427)