TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress To Hold Impeachment Hearings Against Judge Jay Bybee

[ProSense]

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress To Hold Impeachment Hearings Against Judge Jay Bybee

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ThinkProgress is sending a petition to the members of the House Judiciary Committee -- where impeachment articles are drawn -- imploring them to act now to remove Bybee from public office. Please join our efforts by signing onto our campaign. Here's how it could work:

Step One: Hearings. The House Judiciary Committee holds hearings to examine charges against Bybee.

Step Two: Articles of Impeachment. The House Judiciary Committee draws up the articles of impeachment and presents them to the full House with a simple majority vote.

Step Three: Passes the House. The full House moves to impeach Bybee with a simple majority, and then passes a resolution notifying the Senate

Step Four: Moves to the Senate. The Senate passes a resolution indicating its readiness to receive the House "managers" -- in effect, the prosecutors -- and to hear the full articles of impeachment.

Step Five: Trial. 51 Senators must vote to continue with the impeachment trial, and 67, a full two-thirds majority, are required to convict.

An impeachment hearing would require full answers from Bybee -- and would give the American people the answers they deserve. When Bush nominated Bybee in 2003, Congress had no knowledge of the full scope of Bybee's legalese somersaults to make torture appear legal. When asked, he refused to comment, citing executive privilege. Now we know how integral Bybee was to initiating Bush's years-long torture program.

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[Supersedeas]

1. the OPR Report should be revealing

[Adelante]

2. Signed, thanks nt

[mikelgb]

3. Impeachment is off the table

[stillcool]

4. ah...well then, why bother?

I'm guessing you didn't sign the petition, or email, phone your Congressman. Democracy in inaction.

[mikelgb]

6. it worked so well before

I'm not insane, I don't expect a different result this time

there is no way in a million years Ed Royce will do anything I say, he listens only to John Boner

even if Bybee is impeached he still won't be indicted and imprsoned

here is me signing the petition in this thread:

Mikel B.

when they come looking for that petition don't forget to show them that I signed right here.

and I give you permission to send an email on my behalf. You can PM me the response.

[stillcool]

7. Too bad like 1% of the 300+ million..

people we are, would pick up the phone. How do you know what would happen? It's never been done before.

[pleah]

5. K&R

[gkhouston]

8. Let's be efficient about this: tell them who *shouldn't* go to jail from the Bush era. n/t