When some people hear that there’s a movement to persuade Congress to impeach President Barack Obama, they often dismiss it as a joke. But it is no longer a laughing matter. With the economy continuing downward and a foreign policy that is making America less safe, the impeachment option must now be seriously considered.
Many Americans wrongly assume that to impeach a president, an actual crime needs to be committed. The reality is, however, that our nation’s founders were concerned that America would some day have a president who may not commit an actual crime, but would rather pursue policies so detrimental to America’s interests, that they would cause irreparable damage to the country.
As a result of this concern, our founders inserted language into the Constitution that gave Congress the power to impeach the president for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The term “high crimes and misdemeanors” is an Old English phrase, which, in those days, meant simply “bad behavior,” but can be translated in modern terms to mean incompetent leadership that imperils the country. Indeed, some have interpreted this phrase so broadly that it can mean just about anything. As former president Gerald Ford stated, an impeachable offense is, “whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.”
We believe it is necessary to impeach a president if his policies and actions have so endangered and weakened the country, that his removal is essential for the country’s survival. Therefore, with America on the brink of a depression and a President who seems unable to understand the worldwide jihadist threat, we believe impeachment is necessary for the future survival of America.
Read More: By Steve Baldwin, ImpeachObamacampaign.com
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I agree, but probably will have to wait until after the 2010 election when we will have a republcan senate and house.
I have just read the outline for impeachment written by Steve Baldwin and I fully agree. This President need to be impeached before he destorys this country. This President is too inexperienced to lead and is making too many bad judgments.
Go for it. he is not worth what he has done to this country plus he says he is muslin. What better reason to get rid of the Bastard. Donald Cox
Impeachment should be the first issue the reconstituted congress should address in 2011, to stop the foolish actions now being perpertrated. The second issue should be to REPEAL most of the legislation passed since the Dodd-Frank law was passed, and Bush didn't veto, that allowed the crash of 2008. The central theme of the people should be "Return to The Constitution"?
This won't happen unless the Conservatives get the House back and the moderate Republicans get a back bone. We didn't even remove Clinton from office when he sold national security rocket technology to China for campain money. Maybe if the force Obama care through on the deemed passed we might see enough outrage, but I doubt it will happen given the liberal media who would spin it into a beautiful work of art.
Obama is a joke and making America the laughing stock of the rest of the powers that be! He should have been impeached a long time ago…if only for not proving that he is eligible to be the President of the United States.
The longer he stays in office, the longer it will take sane legislators to restore sanity to Washington D.C. He has broken probably every article in the contitution! Why should he be allowed to circumvent congress by appointing a council of czars made up of communists and thugs who report directly to him and are making a mockery of the checks and balance of the 3 branches of government that our Consitution put into place over 200 years ago! ?? He is exactly the reason is was so designed in the first place!
Impeach him now before America can never be restored to our proper place in the eyes of the rest of the world. He is a joke!….albiet a dangerous one!
Nevada Grassroots Patriot
He is not a christian, anti American. I vote impeach NOW!!!
The man is not eligible to be the POTUS from the get go. His father was a Kenyan national and a British subject said subjectivity falling automatically on the children. Somebody in authority needs to step up and say — WAIT!!
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Like Al Capone … we need to pen him down on something because he is pimping our country for his own agenda.
I don't see the leading and most definitive reason for proceeding to impeachment, viz., There is reasonable cause to believe that Mr. Obama is not eligible to the Office of President under Article II Section 1 of the Constitution and is probably committing the crime of posing as a federal officer. Although he might have come into the world a natural born U.S. citizen, it appears that he lost his citizenship as a young boy, renounced it as a young man, and is an illegal alien. Even if, unbeknown to the world at large, he resumed citizenship upon attaining his majority after being domiciled in Indonesia, he would be naturalized, not natural born. The term "natural born citizen" subsumes "citizen". It excludes naturalized citizens. Even when born a citizen – e.g., born in the U.S.A. of American citizens – one ceases to be a natural born citizen when one forfeits citizenship. The proposition that a non-president posing as president can not be impeached is absurd; it would posit that one can gain immunity from a remedy for crime by perpetrating a crime.
That is excellent ! Someone will try it just the same ?
I agree that Obama should be impeached. He is a threat to our country, our way of life and the Constitution. I also believe that he was not qualified in the first place due to his non citizenship status. He has filled cabinet positions with subversives and will fill any vacant judge openings with individuals with sordid pasts.
0bama's father was not a US citizen, therefore, 0bama was never a Natural Born Citizen of the United States of America.
OBAMMIE IS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN AND IS COMMITTING TREASON IN THE BOUGHT POSITION HE IS IN AND NOT WORTHY OF THIS OFFICE. HE AND ALL HIS CROOKS -CHICAGO POLITICS-MARXIST,MUSLIM JIHADIST-BIGGEST LIAR -EVIL DEVIL NEED OUT OF THERE. GIVE TO THEM-ALL OF THEM-WHAT SADDAM HUSSAIN GOT AND THIS STILL WILL BE TO GOOD FOR THEM. ALL WHO KNEW ABOUT THIS ILLEGAL PLOT AND JUST LET IT GO NEED PUNISHED TO THE HILT AND MORE. SHAME ON ALL OF THEM. GET RID OF ALL THE CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON-ASAP. WHERE ARE ALL THESE STAND UP AND FIGHT-PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING FOR THE LEGAL CITIZENS???WHO CUT OFF YOUR "BALLS" SO YOU DON'T HAVE THEM TO GIVE YOU FIGHTING SPIRIT TO WHAT IS CORRECT WORKINGS IN WASHINGTON AND I DON'T MEAN FOR PORK,PERKS-PILFERING FROM ALL FUNDS AND MAKING YOURSELF AS RICH AS CAN BE?????
God bless you, my brothers..
Now, I will make one more comment on this question of impeachment…Bill Clinton was adored by his godless flock…Obama is WORSHIPED! Please Google…Churchill on Islam. Here's a brief quote, paraphrased…Islam is to a man, what RABIES IS TO A DOG. Written in 1899. Obamessiah is a proud Muslim.
Suicidal pacifistic Amerikans will not let their new Tutankamun be mocked, or injured.
Jews and Christians are the most abused, tortured, opressed people in history. Evil people hate Good people…The inbred pharoahs, enslaved Jews and murdered them at will. The Romans killed innocent Christians as entertainment. Nobody EVER mentions the Romans.
The Leftist Lizards WANT TO KILL THE TEA PARTIERS. The Obamessiah is kissing rings of our mortal enemies and telling Israel to commit suicide…If you wish to die young, go ahead and start impeachment proceedings.
Unfortunatey, only the House of Representatives has the power of impeachment.
And who runs that House???
Need any more be said?
Pelosi will be out in 2010, no worries
For now.
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I fully understand and thank you.
Dear WJ…First, I wish you would be a little braver, with allowing posts…I use some salty language, sometimes…Because, to beat a Feral Hippie, you have to speak her language…VERY LOUDLY!____You have a video at the top of this, where some screwball Leftist Flower Child Of The Damned, shouts down a Tea Partier….ANGER IN AMERICA!____Do you KNOW anybody in the world, more angry than a Leftarded, Cowardly, God hating, Manson Family member? Me neither, unless it's a suicidal, Satanic, nihilistic, psychopathic, rabid Jihadist.____Christians seem more offended by my message than atheists…NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE PASSIVE TO, AND FORGIVE EVIL…NO WE BLEEPING AREN'T!
http://www.landmarklegal.org This org.will file suit if slaughter bill is passed
It took three hits before http://www.landmarklegal.org showed up in my explorer browser…that should discourage a lot of web surfers…how do they do it? I have noticed that a site that would probably be censored by the US Gov, always takes at least three hits before it eventually shows. I think this is done on purpose by Big Brother…and I am really sick of it. I hate sneaky…don't you?
FOCUS: NOV. 2, 2010. ANYTHING ELSE IS A WASTE OF TIME.
Jimmy Z, We have NO time to waste. The usurper is going at it night and day so time IS of the essence.
You people are as bad (if not worse) than the other side….. No Sitting President has EVER been removed from Office. Get over yourself…… look at the candidate(s) your party offered for the election John McCain and Sarah Palin…… and you wonder why Obama was elected? Are you serious?
Richard Nixon, a "sitting President" WAS removed from office. Learn your history!
First off Nixon was not impeached and removed from office.. He saw it coming an resigned before the fact so you may want to learn your history.. Second as for never removing a president from office by form of impeachment may have never happened before, but last time I checked this is our first black president so why not make him our first fully impeached one as well.
Steven H. you are correct. Republicans elected obama. They stood by and watched george w bush turn into a socialist (TARP), against the will of the people. Republicans still have RINO leaders. The two (2) you mentioned along with Gingrich a known crook, and Graham(SC) a let's all just get along even if it is bad for America). The new Conservative parties (Tea Party, Heritage Foundation) are our only hope to salvage our Conservative Republican party and save America from the communism espoused by the current administration.
They are both smarter and have more intelligence and patriotism than this so called president ever will have!!!
No one said John McCain and Sarah Palin would have been ideal candidates……but they WERE the lesser of two evils….unfortunately Obama's shady friends and backers had more money to buy more votes……
I agree, let's impeach. Sooner rather than later.
this group has a flyer about obama SS # .. its apparent that there are many persons with that name .. it does harm to efforts to seek the truth about his natural born status.. the PI that is investigating should stop posting things about his various SS # .. I think its A bogus ploy… and does no good for the search for truth .. about the eligibility thing..
Communism doesn't work and when it is introduced it's proponents try to force it to work. That when people start going to prison or being murdered by the "Progressives". 50 million under Stalin, 100 million under Mao, the Cambodia, Vietnam, N Korea, Eastern Europe , Cuba, Venezuela etc. Millions at the hands of these idiots in the 20th century. A plague of horror.. Where were all you people in 2008 when we were shouting fire?!! After you let in a madman then what? Slavery & death that's what.
OBAMA SUPPORTS CHILD ABUSE !
Obama is pro-choice. His party is No. 1 in choosing fast death (by abortion) and slow death (by AIDS). But Obama wouldn't choose this slogan: "Unborn children should have the same right to be born alive that abortionists had!" And he wouldn't want folks to Google "Obama Supports Public Depravity." (This is Nancy Pelosi's district, and San Francisco mayor Newsom told the cops to NOT arrest anyone exercising the kinky, child-abusing "rights" Obama approves of which are flaunted on public streets in front of children!)
After recovering from the uncensored photos, Yahoo "God to Same-Sexers: Hurry Up" and "Dangerous Radicals of the Religious Right." See all of this before the "God" named in all 50 US state constitutions exercises His rights and responds with earthquakes, violent storms, and other bad news.
Obama, Pelosi, and their public-porn-protecting collaborators don't want anyone to know what really goes on at those "gay" festivals because the shocking details could ignite and unite the Religious Right like nothing else – which explains why nothing was said about "gay" rights at any of the US Presidential debates!
Incredibly, the unnatural acts which forced God to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah (resulting in the Dead Sea Green Party's sudden change of plans!); which were capital crimes (along with murder) in early America; and which now constitute an arresting global "sign" (Luke 17) occurring expressly JUST BEFORE the return of Jesus as the no-excuses-allowed Supreme Judge, are now insanely viewed as "natural" and even "desirable" by those who ignore the dire drowning preference for child-abusers (Matt. 18:6) and who choose to fulfill the role of the foolish ones who "perish" in II Thess. 2:10-12!
(Other fascinating Google stuff includes "Obama Avoids Bible Verses," "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty" and "David Letterman's Hate, Etc.")
floyd, i support you in wanting to remove obamao and applaud you because you haven't shut down discussion of his ineligibility as others have and have even had gary kreep on your web show but one question i haven't seen you or anyone answer here or there is how do you impeach someone who isn't really president? as he is a fraud and ineligible i don't see how he can be impeached. wouldn't it rather be much more worthwhile to get him removed for ineligibility with the added benefit of everything he has signed, and will sign, becomes invalid, including this healthless care bill. with all your resources behind that effort the ineligibility movement mighy have better success in finding a judge with the courage, guts and honesty to push the case forward. certainly it must be easier to find one judge to find him guilty of treason for violating the constitution than in convincing a 2/3's majority of congress to take the actions necessary for impeachment. and you don't have to wait for the november elections to see if you have enough representatives to go forward or until next january for them to be seated, to take this action. and there is the added worry of fraudulent elections or elections not even being held. floyd, i implore you to throw all your resources and contacts behind getting obamao removed for ineligibility.
Yes dave I have asked the same question , why /how can you impeach someone who is not legal in the first place, just do as you stated should be the best and most expedient method to rid us of this Obamanation / fraud . and the sooner the better. I totally agree with your postiion , but one way or the other lets get it done.
It's doubtful to me that the Republican's even when they take back the House and Senate will impeach this total fraud. They would cause race riots, and more destruction than waiting him out as a lame duck come November. Once we win back the White House which has been permanently stained by a usurper, we will rescind virtually everything that he has put in place. This wasn't an Amendment to the Constitution. They Have declared war on the People of America and we will not bend to their will.
No Birth Certificate, no Presidency. He is not a legally allowed to be president yet, both sides put him in. BOTH SIDES!!!
Cowardly Republicans go along so they won't be labeled racist. What cowards! Falling for that crap.
All of them have got to go, BOTH SIDES committed treason.
Why can't we , each of us, take this petition door to door and get millions of signatures? It would be a lot quicker than just relying on the web. Many people are not aggressive enough to search out a website like this but they will sign a petition if you stick it in front of them.
I am for impeaching Obama, the sooner, the better! He is a Socialist/Communist whom is hell bent on destroying this Republic!
No Birth Certificate, no Presidency, jacka**. He is not a legally allowed to be president yet, both sides put him in. BOTH SIDES!!!
Cowardly Republicans go along so they won't be labeled racist. What cowards! Falling for that crap.
All of them have got to go, BOTH SIDES.
No Birth Certificate, no Presidency. He is not a legally allowed to be president yet, both sides put him in. BOTH SIDES!!!
Cowardly Republicans go along so they won't be labeled racist. What cowards! Falling for that crap.
All of them have got to go, BOTH SIDES committed treason.
Aside from the fact that President Obama, born Barry Soetero, is not a Natural Born Citizen, there are other factors which should be address regarding his impeachment. First, addressing this issue: Obama has had multiple cases filed against him to show proof of his right to the office of President. Instead of merely putting an end to it all by giving the proper evidence, he chose to fight and have each case dismissed, at a cost of over half a million dollars in legal fees. Why would anyone do this if they have nothing to hide? He also admits he went to school in Indonesia. At that time, no one but an Indonesian Citizen could attend public school! What else is necessary on this point?
Our Congress has now pushed through Obama's Health Care Reform. I can't believe that American actually allowed this to happen! Do you actually know what's in it? Let me give you some excerpts from Obama's health care reform:
He has spent almost two million dollars. The lawyer who got all cases dismissed was Kagan and he got her on the supream court. How scary is that ?
Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens, illegal or otherwise. (And American's pay, again!)
Page 241 and 253: Doctors will all be paid the same…and the government will set all doctors' fees. (Socialism!)
Page 272. section 1145: Cancer hospitals will ration care according to the patient's age. (If they think you're too old…too bad!)
Page 317 and 321: The government will impose a prohibition on hospital expansion…
Page 425, line 4-12: …required to attend an "end-of-life" seminar every five years. (Death counseling.)
Page 425 Lines 17-19: Gov't. will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. (And it's mandatory!)
Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a program for orders on "end-of-life." (The Gov't. has a say in how your life ends!)
Page 429 Lines 10-12: An "advanced care consultation" may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans .. (AN ORDER TO DIE…)
Page 429 Lines 13-25: The GOVT will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order. (THE GOVERNMENT IS GOD!)
Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end-of-life! (Again — no choice!)
Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. (No choice.)
Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Gov't. will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors. (Low-income and the poor are affected.)
And if all that wasn't bad enough….Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Gov't. will have direct access to your bank accounts for elective funds transfer. (Big Brother is watching you!)
After all this has been done to the American people, Obama wants to give amnesty and citizenship to about 11+ million illegal immigrants. They will be entitled to YOUR Social Security benefits, among other things! I could type a whole page on this subject alone but I think I've made my point:
President Obama does NOT have the best interests of this country in mind, but simply his own Socialist agenda!
"… to impeach a president if his policies and actions have so endangered and weakened the country, that his removal is essential for the country’s survival. "
I agree, we need him out of office. There are many accusations against Obama, I have not been shown proof of any of them. The biggest and seemingly easiest way to get him out of office is the birth certificate situation. Show me some things that are solid and cause for impeachment, the person(s) powerful enough to do it, and a date for it to happen and I will start supporting your cause. Actions speak much louder than words.
Don,
If you want to open your eyes to BO and all involved with him–read Michelle Malkin's book "Cultlure of Corruption" How he ever got elected is beyond me. You will get your answers as to why he should be impeached.
I know there is a lot of anger in the air. Now let's be reasonable. We must first get our house in order. We accomplish this by getting off our behinds and get behind our conservative representatives that are running for the house. We do this by financially supporting them and getting others involved in their campaigns. Then we VOTE!!!!!!! Don't think for one minute BO is not working on this agenda to keep his house. We cannot do anything until we have our house back and then we can proceed with impeachment.
We have to wait until November to get a majority in the House, since they are the ones to vote on Impeachment. I totally agree Obama and the Liberals want Socialism … they are finally admitting their true agenda, which is not what our country is about. The majority of U.S. citizens are conservative, even if they don't belong to a political party. With the faults of the previous Republican administrations, the platform is SMALL government, fiscal responsibility, and citizens rights and freedoms. To restore our country to sanity, lets unite and give the Republicans another chance, let's reverse this Socialist Agenda.
Obamas' Grandmother in kenya states she was present in the delivery room in Kenya when Barak Obama was born. There is a video that displays his Birth Certificate in the Provicence of Kenya. Obama is NOT a citizen and should be removed from office before he and his COMMUNIST COMRADES COMPLETELY DESTROY AMERICA.
I agree, get someone with some experience to clean up the year of Obama-nists – but, when he is gone, who does that leave us in the office – Joe Biden ???, ugh
Absolutely IMPEACH OBAMIAC! Impeach, make ineligible, anyway possible to come against this clear and present danger to our country!
Impeach Obama, Pelosi, Reid. They and the rest of the Democrat party are the enemies of freedom, liberty, and the United States.
I agree that this incompetent imposter needs to be impeached. He never should have been in the White House in the first place!!! However, I also agree that to do so we need a conservative majority in the House, so let's get our butts in gear and work to do that so we can take this country back!!!!!
America’s Demise____He looks and behaves as a kid in a candy store. Can't believe he's there and can't stuff his pockets with enough treats, Wed. night concerts at "home" with the Stars, a few new planes, helicopters, fancy cars, designer suits, wow. Never held a real job. Has always been boosted along on his child dependency/color /race crutch and now in his adult years his nefarious/corrupt, social/political connections. __His ability to charm and lack of abrasiveness has made him the front man and "empty suit" for the Wall St. and Washington corrupt elites. He is just there to deliver "Their" message, distract and confuse the true rectifying of the blatant greed, looting and abuse of the real powers that fight for their egotistical control.__The only change we will all see is that in the bottom of our pockets!__After the inaugural, he declared "I WON", just like some kid, that can’t justify his reasoning doesn't know what he is doing!! __He is overwhelmed. __
Con't.
We are being laughed at around the world with our WEAK figurehead.__Why do you think he is bowling/playing basketball in the White House when he should be working? Hmmm!____What truly is the nature of the soul of a person that:__ __1. Responds to a question of Late Term Abortion with “That’s above my pay grade”__2. Knowingly has an aunt illegally living in squalor in Public housing in Boston, evading deportation that he has neither done anything to help or see that she abides by the law, he is sworn to uphold.__3. Makes a joke of Special needs people on National Television__4. When point blank asked of his Socialistic design, obviates his answer to redundancy.__5. Stutters, stammers and mumbles with political rhetoric when asked important questions ……….. I guess he can only assume eloquence, when there is a teleprompter__6. Will not address his true birthplace, has all his educational documents, writings sealed!__7."Don't think we're not keeping score, brother"__8. Thinks he is running a county of 57 states!!____
Too bad so many people are ignorant to facts surrounding so much that propelled him to where he is at! Ever heard of ACORN?? Look it up! Then he rewarded it by $5.2 billion in the "Political Pay Back Bill" he signed shortly after being inaugurated__ __America wake up !!! Bush was a dope and let things get out of control in so many ways. Dodd, Franks, Reins, Pelosi……….. Now we have a putrid Congress that is "riding heard" on this neophyte with a Socialist agenda to right the ills he felt he was dealt in is youth! __We need a person that is self-made! Successful, proven, experienced, selfless, has principles, has Main St. at heart! __
I heard Baldwin's interview w/Medved earlier , and Iagree, Obama should be out of office either by the ballot box or through impeachment. I prefer the impeachment route, though many in the talk-show industry think that's a bad idea sicne it would promulgate a constitutional crisis. But I have news for for you, we're already in one . Everything Obama has done is unconstitutional. The Constitution can withstand a lot of crises. It,s engrained into the fabric of the country and it's still under glass in Philly. But Dave above is right in his logic…flawless, except that no one judge is ever going to take up the cudgels on that one, in spite of the fact that there are serious questions about O,s eligibility. Anotherwords, there are worse things than a constitutional crises. The country can weather that, we may never come back form Obama's machinations.
I know I wrote a comment to this a week or so ago but, doesn't seem to expose itself on this site. I am not only in favor of Obama being impeached would also like to see Pelosi, Reid, and all the Tzars outsted.
How about the Tanning Tax in the Obama Care Bill? Is that not discriminating? Who else but very light skinned americans would use the tanning salons?
Whatever, it takes this is what we must do and do it NOW. Show them they can't rub our noses in their agenda. So while they are now floating in their glory of succeeding they would die to have been disgraced and impeached for their disrespect to the people, and violations of the constitution
You may recall when Clinton was President that a number of his associates were imprisoned because they lied to federal investigators. Patriots need to cause federal investigators to question Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa. concerning his statements that he was offered a "government job" if he dropped out of his campaign. Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa should be forced into this legal arena.
If the Obama administration broke the law offering Rep. Joe Sestak a job, could the Obama administration have made job offers to certain representatives to vote for Obamacare that could be addressed now to invalidate the passed health bill?
Below I have enclosed information on the U.S. Supreme Court Decision that concerns penalties for (lying to federal investigators) pursuant to 18 USC 1001; including a possible 5-year prison sentence and fine for each false or misleading statement when questioned by the Feds.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZS….
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
BROGAN v. UNITED STATES
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
No. 96—1579. Argued December 2, 1997–Decided January 26, 1998
Petitioner falsely answered “no” when federal agents asked him whether he had received any cash or gifts from a company whose employees were represented by the union in which he was an officer. He was indicted on federal bribery charges and for making a false statement within the jurisdiction of a federal agency in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. A jury in the District Court found him guilty. The Second Circuit affirmed, categorically rejecting his request to adopt the so-called “exculpatory no” doctrine, which excludes from §1001’s scope false statements that consist of the mere denial of wrongdoing.
Held: There is no exception to §1001 criminal liability for a false statement consisting merely of an “exculpatory no.” Although many Court of Appeals decisions have embraced the “exculpatory no” doctrine, it is not supported by §1001’s plain language. By its terms, §1001 covers “any” false statement–that is, a false statement “of whatever kind,” United States v. Gonzales, 520 U.S. ___, ___–including the use of the word “no” in response to a question. Petitioner’s argument that §1001 does not criminalize simple denials of guilt proceeds from two mistaken premises: that the statute criminalizes only those statements that “pervert governmental functions,” and that simple denials of guilt do not do so. United States v. Gilliland, 312 U.S. 86, 93, distinguished. His argument that a literal reading of §1001 violates the “spirit” of the Fifth Amendment is rejected because the Fifth Amendment does not confer a privilege to lie. E.g., United States v. Apfelbaum, 445 U.S. 115, 117. His final argument that the “exculpatory no” doctrine is necessary to eliminate the grave risk that §1001 will be abused by overzealous prosecutors seeking to “pile on” offenses is not supported by the evidence and should, in any event, be addressed to Congress. Pp. 2—8.
96 F.3d 35, affirmed.
Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O’Connor, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined, and in which Souter, J., joined in part. Souter, J., filed a statement concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Souter, J., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined.
—- http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZS….
Obama hates America and the American people – that is why he wants to "FUNDAMENTALLY" change this country. He wants to destroy it as we have known it. He is arrogant and does not want to be questioned – he doesn't listen to the American people. He is fighting Arizona and he is fighting the will of the American people – he is destroying the future of this country. He is challenging the Constituion of the United States – He is the puppet for George Sorros and others who hate the US. He needs to be impeached now before it's too late.
All those that are in the Federal Government right now, all three branches, must and should be held responsible for their corrupt actions against the United States of America, for not standing up to their oaths of Office to protect the Constitution of the USA and as our representatives to defend our country against all enemies, both foreign and internal. Because they are carrying out the orders for their illegal alien master, hussein obama bin lyin, they deserve this punishment. That can include hilary, barney, harry, nancy, eric and all the many so called czars, who should be brought to justice and placed before a firing squard with their master for treason during a war time situation. It,s too late to turn back now for them, they should have had the balls and courage to stand up to his destroying of our country at the start. But no, they agreed 100% with him on his chioce of actions. We all know that every normal taxpaying American citizen would be arrested immediately for anything less, and be locked up for life. So, it,s time for the BS royals to get their justice from the American people. Every cent they have should be taken from them and into account for the damage they all have done to our Nation and their families deported to muslim countries on their own costs. Treason during a war is punishable by the firing squard. Treason has been done repeatedly from this evil administration in our white house.
Ladies and gentlemen; You have the right feeling about our current President. He indeed deserves to be IMPEACHED. Let me expand on my reasoning. Every President deserves several vacations, but what he has taken, is certainly ridiculous! The reason he has done what he has done is this; He is not in tune with the American people and their ways, and he doesn't feel the way we Americans feel, this is partially due to him not living in the USA , so I am still convinced he is really not a US citizen! Another issue,is he is trying to make everyone happy, and that is impossible, and yes, God knows its impossible also. He is really not doing a good job at all, and he is also the WEAKEST President I have ever known. Even if you didn't like him, former President Clinton was not weak and he would not be afraid to "push the button", and I am afraid Obama would just stand there and ask, "Lets sit down and talk about it". He really doesn't get it and there isn't anyone who can convince me otherwise! I am really scared if we have to depend on him and the good ole USA is being attacked, He wouldn't know what to do. He thinks SPENDING is the answer, Well, that's not so. President Obama sees things through a different set of eyes, and again,is not in tune with the world and its issues.
President Obama has the same power and legal rights as you and I, NON!