The constitution in America gives to the Congress the important power of impeachment of high-level federal officials, including the President of the United States. “Without a doubt, impeachment of a sitting president is one of the most serious acts the Congress can undertake.” (Dr. Routh Fall-2015.) Many believe a call for the President of the United States George W. Bush to be Impeached, much less prosecuted criminally, along with Vice President Dick Cheney, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) George Tenet, then National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, because they flagrantly disregard the constitution of the United States and the rule of law.. Voices are raised
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On the other side of this argument, others, believe President Bush’s policies, including the use of torture or “enhanced interrogation”, indefinite detention without charge, warrantless wiretapping within the United States, and the claim that neither constitutional protections nor other provisions of domestic and international law constrains their treatment of suspected terrorists, as the new war on terror demands a president to use all of his vested constitutional powers, when dealing with this new combatant. They expect the president to use the power deemed necessary and to create avenues of safety such as secret prisons globally and enhanced interrogation procedures, as well as denying combatants habeas corpus, as if they were entitled to America’s
On the other side of this argument, others, believe President Bush’s policies, including the use of torture or “enhanced interrogation”, indefinite detention without charge, warrantless wiretapping within the United States, and the claim that neither constitutional protections nor other provisions of domestic and international law constrains their treatment of suspected terrorists, as the new war on terror demands a president to use all of his vested constitutional powers, when dealing with this new combatant. They expect the president to use the power deemed necessary and to create avenues of safety such as secret prisons globally and enhanced interrogation procedures, as well as denying combatants habeas corpus, as if they were entitled to America’s