Impeach them, impeach them now

Poputonian at Hullabaloo tells us that the grass roots impeachment process has begun in New Mexico and looks as though it has a pretty good chance of clearing the legislature there. As I understand it, once a state has brought articles of impeachment against a president, if only one member of Congress introduces it to Congress, the House must hold hearings on it.

I like some of the proposed "whereas" clauses:

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

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...

Go to it, New Mexico.


Update:

When I read the "whereas" clauses to my wife, she said, "Great. That means Nancy Pelosi will be the first woman president." Go for it, Nancy.