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Murtha Clarifies Impeachment Talk

May 1, 2007
Jack Murtha's spokesman has told TPM Café the antiwar congressman doesn't feel impeachment is appropriate "at this time." Murtha mentioned impeachment as one way to influence a president on Sunday's "Face the Nation," prompting speculation around the blogosphere and mainstream media that the Democrats might consider taking more aggressive action against George W. Bush.

No One Should Be Above the Law

Apr 26, 2007
On Wednesday a group of activists, politicians, writers and thinkers came together in Washington to call for the impeachment of the president. Among them were Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, Daniel Ellsberg and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges, who argued that the president must be held accountable for his repeated violations of the rule of law, both at home and abroad.

Kucinich: Impeach Cheney

Apr 25, 2007
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney, citing the "very real" possibility that the U.S. would wage war with Iran and accusing Cheney of "fabricat[ing] intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to justify the Iraq war," according to the Los Angeles Times.

A Case for Impeachment

Jan 31, 2007
Revelations in the perjury trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby re-emphasize the need for an impeachment trial to establish the true story behind President Bush's erroneous claim about Saddam Hussein's supposed nuclear weapons program.

How to Put Impeachment Back on the Table

Jan 26, 2007
Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman writes in The Nation that in the year since she called for Bush's impeachment, the case against him has only gotten stronger. Just because Nancy Pelosi has taken impeachment off the table, Holtzman argues, doesn't mean it isn't going to happen.