Impeachment Resolution Introduced in California Legislature

My favorite California State Legislator, Assemblymember Paul Koretz (who used to have his own blog) has submitted amendments to a previously introduced joint resolution (pdf) which call for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney.

AMENDMENTS TO ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 39

WHEREAS, The actions of George W. Bush in the office of President of the United
States of America and Richard Cheney in the office of Vice President of the United States of America
have repeatedly and intentionally violated the Constitution and other laws of the United
States of America, causing the people of the State of California to call into question the integrity
of President Bush and Vice President Cheney and to believe that the official actions of President
Bush and Vice President Cheney have constituted high crimes and misdemeanors; and

WHEREAS, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute
the office of President of the United States of America and, to the best of his ability, to preserve,
protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, and in violation of his
constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, committed a felony under
Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code by conspiring to exceed his constitutional
authority to wage war, in that on March 19, 2003, by his order, the United States of America
invaded the sovereign country of Iraq in direct defiance of the United States Security Council
and, by so doing, violated Article 2 of Chapter 1 of the Charter of the United Nations and
Principle VI of the Principles of the Nuremberg Tribunal; and

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WHEREAS, In all of this, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney have acted in a manner
contrary to their trust as President and Vice President, respectively, 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 great State of California and of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard Cheney, by such conduct, warrant
impeachment and trial, and removal from office; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of California, jointly,
That our Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States of America be, and
they hereby are, requested to cause to be instituted in the Congress proper proceedings for the
investigation of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney, to the end that
they may be impeached and removed from office; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the State of California be, and hereby is, instructed to
certify to each Senator and Representative in the Congress of the United States of America, and
to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, under the great seal of the State of California, a
copy of this resolution and its adoption by the Assembly and Senate of the State of California,
and the copies shall be marked with the word “Petition” at the top of the document and contain
the original authorizing signature of the Secretary of State of the State of California.

What is interesting about this resolution is that it is the second resolution of three which call for impeachment of the President and Vice President.