[Peace-discuss] Bush Sr Impeachment Resolution January 1991
Jay Becker
futureup2us at gmail.com
Mon Jan 16 11:17:28 UTC 2017
I think that''s basically Andrew Becavich's approach in "America's War for
the Greater Middle East," one long war since what's called the First
Persian Gulf War (I haven't read the book, however). And the incoming
commander in chief says he'll "bomb the shit out of 'em." Then Exxon can
come in, clean it all up, and "we'll have the oil."
Jay
On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu>
wrote:
> *And if I remember correctly in his book Thucydides looked at 27 years of
> unmitigated warfare by his Athenian Republic and argued that in fact they
> constituted one extended war, which he called The Peloponnesian War. Well
> I look at the past 27 years of unmitigated warfare by the American Republic
> in order to steal the oil and gas of the Middle East and Central Asia and
> call it one extended war: The Hydrocarbon War. Will we suffer the same Fate
> as Athens?*
>
> *Fab.*
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> *Subject:* Bush Sr Impeachment Resolution January 1991
>
>
>
> 26 years ago on a Sunday evening Ramsey Clark, Congressman Henry B.
> Gonzalez of Texas and I agreed to set up a National Campaign to Impeach
> President George Bush Sr in order to prevent his war against Iraq. Ramsey
> asked me to do the first draft of what later became the Gonzalez
> Impeachment Resolution against President Bush Sr set forth below. We did
> not stop that war. But in his Memoirs Bush stated that the reason he
> stopped the war at Basra and did not go all the way to Baghdad was that he
> feared impeachment. Fab.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: nytr at olm.blythe-systems.com [mailto:nytr at olm.blythe-systems.com
> <nytr at olm.blythe-systems.com>]
>
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 5:50 PM
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> To: undisclosed-recipients
>
> Subject: [NYTr] Henry Gonzalez Resol'n to Impeach Bush I (1991)
>
>
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> Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
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> sent by Francis Boyle - Jan 18, 2006
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>
>
> The Gonzalez Resolution to Impeach George Bush
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>
>
> Congressional Record, Jan. 16, 1991, at H520-21.
>
>
>
> RESOLUTION OF IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH
>
>
>
> The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House,
>
> the gentleman from Texas [Mr. GONZALEZ] is recognized for 60 minutes.
>
>
>
> Mr. GONZALEZ, Madam Speaker, it is with great sadness, and yet with equally
>
> great, if not greater, conviction, that I introduce today a resolution of
>
> impeachment of President Bush. It is known as House Resolution 34, and I
>
> will provide this resolution as introduced to be appended at the end of my
>
> remarks today.
>
>
>
> At a time when our Nation is deeply divided over the question of
>
> war, we find ourselves on the brink of a world war of such magnitude that
>
> our minds cannot fully comprehend the destruction that is about to be
>
> leveled. The position we are in is a direct result of the actions of one
>
> man and the reactions of another. The Iraqi people are as opposed to war as
>
> are the American people. The difference is that the Iraqi people have no
>
> choice but to support their country's leader, but the American people not
>
> only have the right to oppose and speak out in disagreement with the
>
> President, but they have the responsibility to do so if our democracy is to
>
> be preserved. Today I exercise this constitutional right and responsibility
>
> to speak out in opposition to war in the Middle East and in support of
>
> removal of our Nation's Chief Executive.
>
>
>
> When I took the oath of office earlier this month, as I had
>
> numerous times before, I swore to uphold the Constitution. The President's
>
> oath was the same, to uphold the Constitution of the United States. We did
>
> not pledge an oath of allegiance to the President but to the Constitution,
>
> which is the highest law of the land. The Constitution provides for removal
>
> of the President when he has committed high crimes and misdemeanors,
>
> including violations of the principles of the Constitution. President Bush
>
> has violated these principles.
>
>
>
> My resolution has five articles of impeachment. First, the
>
> President has violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution. Our
>
> soldiers in the Middle East are overwhelmingly poor white, black, and
>
> Mexican-American or Hispanic-American. They may be volunteers technically,
>
> but their voluntarism is based on the coercion of a system that has denied
>
> viable opportunities to these classes of our citizens. Under the
>
> Constitution, all classes of citizens are guaranteed equal protection, and
>
> calling on the poor and the minorities to fight a war for oil to preserve
>
> the lifestyles of the wealthy is a denial of the rights of these soldiers.
>
>
>
> Let me add that since 1981 we have suffered the Reagan-Bush and
>
> now the Bush war against the poor, and to add insult to injury, we now are
>
> asking the poor to fight while here, as a result of this fight, even the
>
> meager programs that the Congress had seen fit to preserve as a national
>
> policy will suffer because the money for those programs will be diverted to
>
> the cause of this unnecessary war.
>
>
>
> Article II of this resolution states that the President has
>
> violated the Constitution, Federal law, and the U.N. Charter by bribing,
>
> intimidating, and threatening others, including the members of the U.N.
>
> Security Council, to support belligerent acts against Iraq. It is clear
>
> that the President paid off members of the U.N. Security Council in return
>
> for their votes in support of war against Iraq or to abstain from voting
>
> contrariwise. The debt of Egypt was, for example, forgiven--$7 billion,
>
> without congressional approval. That, I think, casts doubtful validity on
>
> that Presidential action. The reason for the cancellation of that debt is
>
> so that we can then provide an equally enormous amount of armament for
> Egypt
>
> which it cannot obtain because of the debt outstanding. A $140 million loan
>
> to China was agreed to. The Soviet Union was promised over $7 billion in
>
> aid. This is a sum totally unreported in our country but very well
>
> discussed in foreign country presses such as Germany and others. Colombia
>
> was promised assistance to its armed forces. Zaire was promised military
>
> assistance and partial forgiveness of its debt. Saudi Arabia was promised
>
> $12 billion in arms, and more than that. Actually in October, the President
>
> let them have $2.2 billion, and there was a commitment for $21 billion
> more,
>
> but because of the outcry in Congress and the Israeli opposition, that is
>
> being postponed. But there is still a commitment for $22 billion. I am
>
> sure this month will see the initial efforts to bring about compliance with
>
> that commitment.
>
>
>
> Yemen was threatened with the termination of support, and the United States
>
> finally paid off $187 million of its debt to the United Nations after the
>
> vote President Bush sought was made.
>
>
>
> This is all so ironic. When our President ran for the U.S. Senate in the
>
> 1960's, he told the people of Texas that if he would be elected to the
>
> Senate, he would lead the fight to remove the United States from the United
>
> Nations if what he called Red China at that time was admitted. Fate and
>
> power almighty have a very, very mysterious way of working together. Who
> was
>
> to believe during that year in that race in Texas that years later this
> same
>
> man, now the President, would be the man the President would appoint to
>
> represent us in the United Nations and welcome Red China as a member of the
>
> United Nations.
>
>
>
> The vote was bought, and it will be paid for with the lives of our poor
>
> elements who are going to shoulder the fight.
>
>
>
> Article III states that the President has conspired to engage in a massive
>
> war against Iraq, employing methods of mass destruction that will result in
>
> the killing of tens of thousands of civilians, many of whom will be
>
> children. No civilian lives have yet been lost that we know of, but when we
>
> start using the weapons of massive destruction that are in place for this
>
> war, there is no doubt that thousands of innocent civilians will lose their
>
> lives. As killings occur, the principles laid down in the Nuremberg trials
>
> will be applicable. Their deaths will not only be a moral outrage, they
> will
>
> constitute violations of international law.
>
>
>
> Article IV states that the President has committed the United States to
> acts
>
> of war without congressional consent and contrary to the U.N. Charter and
>
> international law. From August 1990 through January 1991 the President
>
> embarked on a course of action that systematically eliminated every option
>
> for peaceful resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis. Once the President
>
> approached Congress for a declaration of war, 500,000 American soldiers
>
> lives were in jeopardy, rendering any substantive debate by Congress
>
> meaningless. It is also ironic that what we have ended up with now is that
>
> the President has exchanged about 200 to 250 so-called hostages, Americans,
>
> all of them employees of oil companies in Kuwait or Iraq, and in exchange
> we
>
> now have close to 500,000 American soldiers as hostages. Hostages to the
>
> whims, the caprices, and the decisions and judgments made by other leaders,
>
> over which this President and our country has no control, all the way from
>
> Shamir of Israel to the immigrants in the Saudi sands.
>
>
>
> Article 5 states that the President has conspired to commit crimes against
>
> the peace by leading the United States into aggressive war against Iraq, in
>
> violation of article 24 of the U.N. Charter, the Nuremberg Charter, other
>
> international instruments and treaties, and the Constitution of the United
>
> States.
>
>
>
> Again, there is a violation of law by a President, who, believing and
> acting
>
> as if he is king, decides for the country, unilaterally, that war is the
>
> answer.
>
>
>
> Madam Speaker, it is a sad day for our country, and it will be an even
>
> sadder day once the fighting starts. President Bush must be stopped. A
>
> divided Congress reflecting the divided country is no way to conduct a war.
>
> The preservation of lives is at stake, and the preservation of our country,
>
> indeed, our democracy, is at stake as well.
>
>
>
> I urge my colleagues to support this resolution. All I ask is a hearing, as
>
> I have before, before the proper committee of proper jurisdiction, and that
>
> is it. I will argue the case there. The rest is up to the Members'
> judgment.
>
>
>
> Madam Speaker, I urge interest and support of this resolution, and to stand
>
> up to the President on behalf of the soldiers who will die, the civilians
>
> who will be massacred, and the Constitution that will be destroyed if this
>
> country goes to war in the Middle East.
>
>
>
> 102nd Congress
>
> H.Res.86
>
>
>
> 1st Session
>
>
>
> ____/s/ Henry B.Gonzalez____
>
>
>
> Impeaching George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United
>
> States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
>
>
>
> February 21, 1991 (originally
>
> January 16, 1991)
>
>
>
> Mr. GONZALEZ submitted the following resolution; which was
>
> referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
>
> ________________________________________________
>
>
>
> A RESOLUTION
>
>
>
> Impeaching George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United
>
> States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.
>
>
>
> Impeaching George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United States, of
>
> high crimes and misdemeanors.
>
>
>
> Resolved, That George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United States
> is
>
> impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles
>
> of impeachment be exhibited to the Senate:
>
>
>
> Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the
>
> United States of America in the name of itself and of all of the people of
>
> the United States of America, against George Herbert Walker Bush, President
>
> of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its
>
> impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
>
>
>
> ARTICLE I
>
>
>
> In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
>
> Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to
>
> execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of
> his
>
> ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
>
> States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
>
> laws be faithfully executed, has violated the equal protection clause of
> the
>
> Constitution. U.S. soldiers in the Middle East are overwhelmingly poor
>
> white, black, and Mexican-American, and their military service is based on
>
> the coercion of an system that has denied viable economic opportunities to
>
> these classes of citizens. Under the Constitution, all classes of citizens
>
> are guaranteed equal protection, and calling on the poor and minorities to
>
> fight a war for oil to preserve the lifestyles of the wealthy is a denial
> of
>
> the rights of these soldiers. In all of this George Herbert Walker Bush has
>
> acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of
>
> constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and
>
> justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
>
>
>
> Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment
>
> and trial, and removal from office.
>
>
>
> ARTICLE II
>
>
>
> In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
>
> Herbert Walker bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to
>
> execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of
> his
>
> ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
>
> States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
>
> laws be faithfully executed, has violated the U.S. Constitution, federal
> law
>
> and the United Nations Charter by bribing, intimidating and threatening
>
> others, including the members of the United Nations Security Council, to
>
> support belligerent acts against Iraq. In all of this George Herbert Walker
>
> Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and
> subversive
>
> of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law
> and
>
> justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
>
>
>
> Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment
>
> and trial, and removal from office.
>
>
>
> ARTICLE III
>
>
>
> In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
>
> Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to
>
> execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of
> his
>
> ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
>
> States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
>
> laws be faithfully executed, has prepared, planned, and conspired to engage
>
> in a massive war against Iraq employing methods of mass destruction that
>
> will result in the killing of tens of thousands of civilians, many of whom
>
> will be children. This planning includes the placement and potential use of
>
> nuclear weapons, and the use of such indiscriminate weapons and massive
>
> killings by serial bombardment, or otherwise, of civilians violates the
>
> Hague Conventions of 1907 and 1923, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and
>
> Protocol I thereto, the Nuremberg Charter, the Genocide Convention and the
>
> United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. In all of this George Herbert
>
> Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and
>
> subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the
> cause
>
> of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United
>
> States.
>
>
>
> Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment
>
> and trial, and removal from office.
>
>
>
> ARTICLE IV
>
>
>
> In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
>
> Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to
>
> execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of
> his
>
> ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
>
> States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
>
> laws be faithfully executed, has committed the United States to acts of war
>
> without congressional consent and contrary to the United Nations Charter
> and
>
> international law. From August, 1990, through January, 1991, the President
>
> embarked on a course of action that systematically eliminated every option
>
> for peaceful resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis. Once the President
>
> approached Congress for a declaration of war, 500,000 American soldiers'
>
> lives were in jeopardy - rendering any substantive debate by Congress
>
> meaningless. The President has not received a declaration of war by
>
> Congress, and in contravention of the written word, the spirit, and the
>
> intent of the U.S. Constitution has declared that he will go to war
>
> regardless of the views of Congress and the American people. In failing to
>
> seek a declaration of war, and in declaring his intent to violate the
>
> Constitution in disregarding the acts of Congress - including the War
> Powers
>
> Resolution - George Herbert Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to
>
> his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the
>
> great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury
>
> of the people of the United States.
>
>
>
> Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment
>
> and trial, and removal from office.
>
>
>
> ARTICLE V
>
>
>
> In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George
>
> Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to
>
> execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of
> his
>
> ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United
>
> States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the
>
> laws be faithfully executed, has planned, prepared, and conspired to commit
>
> crimes against the peace by leading the United States into aggressive war
>
> against Iraq in violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter,
> the
>
> Nuremberg Charter, other international instruments and treaties, and the
>
> Constitution of the United States. In all of this George Herbert Walker
> Bush
>
> has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of
>
> constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and
>
> justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
>
>
>
> Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment
>
> and trial, and removal from office.
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> *Francis A. Boyle*
>
> *Law Building*
>
> *504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.*
>
> *Champaign, IL 61820 USA*
>
> *217-333-7954 <(217)%20333-7954> (phone)*
>
> *217-244-1478 <(217)%20244-1478> (fax)*
>
> *(personal comments only)*
>
>
>
> *From:* Boyle, Francis A
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:05 AM
> *To:* 'Kary Love' <kary_love at yahoo.com>; Terry Lodge <tjlodge50 at yahoo.com>;
> Brad Springer <bspringer at scholtenfant.com>; Scot Reynolds <
> sareynolds1960 at yahoo.com>
> *Subject:* RE: Power To Declare War
>
>
>
> *That should do it. Have the Constituent request the meeting and then
> bring you in with him/her to argue the case. They are taking a
> Thanksgiving Break so he should be returning home from DC soon. We need to
> stop this before Americans and Russians kill each other in Syria. A Bill of
> Impeachment would send a shot across the bow of the Harvard Law Grad
> Obama. Fab.*
>
>
>
> *Francis A. Boyle*
>
> *Law Building*
>
> *504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.*
>
> *Champaign, IL 61820 USA*
>
> *217-333-7954 <(217)%20333-7954> (phone)*
>
> *217-244-1478 <(217)%20244-1478> (fax)*
>
> *(personal comments only)*
>
>
>
> *From:* Kary Love [mailto:kary_love at yahoo.com <kary_love at yahoo.com>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:57 AM
> *To:* Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu>; Terry Lodge <
> tjlodge50 at yahoo.com>; Brad Springer <bspringer at scholtenfant.com>; Scot
> Reynolds <sareynolds1960 at yahoo.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Power To Declare War
>
>
>
> I am not in his district, but a neighboring one; on his email list and
> contact him on various matters from time to time. I can probably did up a
> constituent to go with me.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* "Boyle, Francis A" <fboyle at illinois.edu>
> *To:* Kary Love <kary_love at yahoo.com>; Terry Lodge <tjlodge50 at yahoo.com>;
> Brad Springer <bspringer at scholtenfant.com>; Scot Reynolds <
> sareynolds1960 at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:54 AM
> *Subject:* RE: Power To Declare War
>
>
>
> *Actually the best way is for someone living in his District to meet with
> him personally and convince him to do it. MOCs have to respond to their
> constituents. They don’t care all that much about non-constituents. Based
> upon my experience dealing with them over the years.*
>
>
>
> *Fab*
>
>
>
>
>
> *Francis A. Boyle*
>
> *Law Building*
>
> *504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.*
>
> *Champaign, IL 61820 USA*
>
> *217-333-7954 <(217)%20333-7954> (phone)*
>
> *217-244-1478 <(217)%20244-1478> (fax)*
>
> *(personal comments only)*
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Boyle, Francis A
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:52 AM
> *To:* 'Kary Love' <kary_love at yahoo.com>; Terry Lodge <tjlodge50 at yahoo.com>;
> Brad Springer <bspringer at scholtenfant.com>; Scot Reynolds <
> sareynolds1960 at yahoo.com>
> *Subject:* RE: Power To Declare War
>
>
>
> *The best way is for someone to meet with him personally and convince him
> to do it.*
>
>
>
> *Fab*
>
>
>
>
>
> *Francis A. Boyle*
>
> *Law Building*
>
> *504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.*
>
> *Champaign, IL 61820 USA*
>
> *217-333-7954 <(217)%20333-7954> (phone)*
>
> *217-244-1478 <(217)%20244-1478> (fax)*
>
> *(personal comments only)*
>
>
>
> *From:* Kary Love [mailto:kary_love at yahoo.com <kary_love at yahoo.com>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:47 AM
> *To:* Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu>; Terry Lodge <
> tjlodge50 at yahoo.com>; Brad Springer <bspringer at scholtenfant.com>; Scot
> Reynolds <sareynolds1960 at yahoo.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Power To Declare War
>
>
>
> Justin Amash? Any idea on how to persuade him to do so? KL
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* "Boyle, Francis A" <fboyle at illinois.edu>
> *To:* Kary Love <kary_love at yahoo.com>; Terry Lodge <tjlodge50 at yahoo.com>;
> Brad Springer <bspringer at scholtenfant.com>; Scot Reynolds <
> sareynolds1960 at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:31 AM
> *Subject:* RE: Power To Declare War
>
>
>
> *We need one Member of the House to introduce a Bill of Impeachment
> against Obama. Happy to serve as Counsel and Draft it if you can get me
> one. Fab.*
>
>
>
> *Francis A. Boyle*
>
> *Law Building*
>
> *504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.*
>
> *Champaign, IL 61820 USA*
>
> *217-333-7954 <(217)%20333-7954> (phone)*
>
> *217-244-1478 <(217)%20244-1478> (fax)*
>
> *(personal comments only)*
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Kary Love [mailto:kary_love at yahoo.com <kary_love at yahoo.com>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:05 AM
> *To:* Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu>; Terry Lodge <
> tjlodge50 at yahoo.com>; Brad Springer <bspringer at scholtenfant.com>; Scot
> Reynolds <sareynolds1960 at yahoo.com>
> *Subject:* Power To Declare War
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> In order to be a republic, rather than a monarchy, the power to declare
> war, the most terrible power of government, must belong to the
> representatives of the people--not to a single individual. In my view,
> this core power, given to the Congress by the Constitution, is not
> delegable by the Congress to the President without destroying separation of
> powers in its most critical aspect. The abuse of the power to declare war
> by tyrants and kings throughout history, including the use of war to create
> fear among the people and to distract them from domestic issues, was one
> reason the Constitution reposed this power exclusively in the Congress.
> Allowing its delegation to the executive branch destroys the participation
> of the people through their representatives in the decision to engage in
> this most fearsome of governmental acts.
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> The acquiesce by Congress, again, is disturbing. The statements by
> "leaders" in Congress that the power has been fully delegated to the
> executive and no further action is necessary or proper is arguably an
> impeachable offense, in my view. Certainly, it is evidence that those
> holding that view have abandoned their responsibility to act in accord with
> their oath to uphold the Constitution and should be considered by voters
> when deciding to return such persons to Congress--and in considering
> candidates for the executive. The compact between the people and the
> national government is the Constitution. When the government actions
> destroy the core limits imposed, contrary to the representations made to
> the ratifying conventions of the people, arguably the contract is
> dissolved. KL
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> From "The Hill:"
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> *Obama Objections Stop War Authorization Vote*
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__news.antiwar.com_2015_11_11_white-2Dhouse-2Dobjections-2Dstop-2Disis-2Dwar-2Dauthorization-2Dvote_&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=iioab8BLQ6IJxt-3gLhYzf1aAvTbGVgzPJj9W_0ugn0&m=sJB2lUabJEi0MS1xejFSGcTkQM_grcbKaoBwmMf7oKU&s=uWzdZLMCHeUiY2UWdWPkURUCPucAZoCFp9noRDYamS8&e=>
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> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__news.antiwar.com_2015_11_11_white-2Dhouse-2Dobjections-2Dstop-2Disis-2Dwar-2Dauthorization-2Dvote_&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=iioab8BLQ6IJxt-3gLhYzf1aAvTbGVgzPJj9W_0ugn0&m=sJB2lUabJEi0MS1xejFSGcTkQM_grcbKaoBwmMf7oKU&s=uWzdZLMCHeUiY2UWdWPkURUCPucAZoCFp9noRDYamS8&e=>
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