On January 9, John Karlson wrote the following letter to the editor of The Newton Bee of Newton, Connecticut, demanding President Barack Obama be impeached. He doubled his letter’s impact by sending it first to his congressman, Democratic Rep. Chris Murphy:
To the Editor:
The following letter was sent to Congressman Murphy this date.
Dear Congressman Murphy:
I request you start impeachment hearings on the President of the United Sates, under Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution.
As you know, President Obama superseded the Constitution by appointing people without the approval of the Senate. Per the Senate, they were in session. This is the same Senate that was in session for the passage of the Payroll Extension Tax, passed during “informal” session.
Congressman, this is an illegal and impeachable offense.
You also took an oath to uphold the Constitution, and I ask you to uphold your oath of office by starting said impeachment hearings.
Thanking you in advance,
John Karlson
Mr. Karlson is in good company in his assessment that Obama’s “recess” appointments are illicit, illegal, indefensible, and an impeachable offense.
To defend himself, Obama’s political appointees at the Office of Legal Counsel’s rolled out a servile “legal defense” for the actions, which Todd Gaziano of the Heritage Foundation described as “at times, frankly, embarrassing.” Gaziano, a former counsel in OLC, wrote, “Most of the lengthy legal opinion is not on point, since it addresses the use of the recess appointment power when the Senate really is in recess for 21 days or so.”
In fact, this view is shared by the Obama administration itself — and sworn in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2010, Obama’s Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal — the assistant to Elena Kagan — told Chief Justice John Roberts that “The — the recess appointment power can work in — in a recess. I think our office has opined the recess has to be longer than 3 days. And — and so, it is potentially available to avert the future crisis that — that could — that could take place with respect to the board. If there are no other questions.”
The nomination process was no better than the nominees. Lachlan Markay writes in The Washington Examiner that one of the NLRB appointees, Richard Griffin, helped International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150 hide its corruption and was associated with another IUOE chapter whose malfeasance may have added $100 million to Ground Zero costs.
This letter, and so many others like it, prove more Americans across the land believe this president must be stopped.
If you have written or spoken out for impeachment, tell me about it.
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Since Obama has indeed committed a documented impeachable offense, not to mention the way he has been spending money we do not have with virtually no regard for the bankruptcy we are in, yes, he should be impeached if federal agents have to arrest him and drag him into court!
Unfortunately, borrowing unwisely is not an impeachable offense.
It is a huge waste of time to impeach when you know it will never go through.
“A Documented Impeachable Offense [sic]?”, Try over 50 offences pal. Obama has created a Constitutional crisis, and a second term will undoubtably give him the Supreme Court, because 1 maybe 2 justices have announced they were retiring. This man has gone over 3 years and has never been challenged by the media for his constant lies and subversions. He has gone all over the country in the guise of doing the “peoples work” and using taxpayer money to campaign. He had taken an oath (twice), to uphold, protect and defend the Constitution, and in the interim has circumvented the law. I think he thinks he is a ruler, not the leader.
Don’t they know Obozo, our Liar in Chief is ABOVE the law??? Phony SS number is a FELONY, but Congrress approves, and the “supreme”Court won’t hear it!! He has a hand in Fast & Furious gun running, he said he was working “under the table” for gun control! Phony birth Certificate, let’s see you get by with that!! and many other felonies too!
Nothing will happen to Obama, or for that matter to Eric Holder or Elena Kagan. Not until Congress grows a pair or finds their backbone! And I include those new members we voted in to clean house. What a joke!
What is needed is proof that Obama is a usurper. Once that happens, and there is a ruling against him in court (which will have to go to the Supreme Court, most likely) any piece of legislation that he signed would be considered invalid, and all of his appointments voided. Next, of course, would be the question of whether any of the loans that might have been taken out are valid. If not, it may be we don’t have to pay for them. Then there is a matter of paying all those appointees. A ruling could be made that they could not be paid. Not sure about that though. Finally, there is the matter of who IS president? It can’t be Joe Biden because he wouldn’t have been elected legally either. The big question is whether the office would fall to Nancy Pelosi or Speaker Boehner, as she was Speaker after the 2008 election, and he is speaker now. Or would it fall, instead, back to Bush, because there was never a legitimate swearing in of the next president.
Lots to think about.
obama habitually abuses the power of his office as a device to exempt himself from all accountability. In particular, he has on numerous occasions used this power to obstruct the discovery of documents in his possession that could prove or disprove his eligibility for office. Many people have correctly stated that the preferred approach to obama’s removal would be to prove that he’s a fraud, remove him from office on that basis, and then invalidate every single action that he has taken as an impostor-President. In essence, I agree; however, there’s this little practical problem: obama is holding the evidence against him under lock and key, and abusing his power of office to keep it there. My best thought so far on how to 1) break the stalemate and 2) have it ALL in the end would be to first remove him from office through a CIVIL action, and THEN (with him no longer able to abuse “executive privilege”) confiscate his documents and charge and prosecute him for ALL of his crimes against the United States of America. A good lawyer might be able to evaluate the feasibility of this proposal. I know that lawyers generally stick together, just as a Democrat Senator will defend, to the death, a Democrat President REGARDLESS of his crimes; however, through the grace of God, just maybe there’s ONE good lawyer who might be willing to make an exception on the basis that obama is “not really a lawyer; he’s a DISBARRED lawyer. That’s DIFFERENT!”
We already have all the proof we need. He posted his bc showing his father who was a Kenyan national aside from the other discrepancies. We need to force Congress to remove him via the 25th.
You forget…so far the “supreme”Court has refused to hear any case against Obozo, our Liar in Chief!!
They might take one, if it’s really weak!
Congress is “in on” the killing of the USA — just as much blame…or perhaps more…should fall on them because they’ve been undermining the country LONGER than Obama! He only can have two terms; Senators, once in, are there for life, and many in the House overstay their usefulness too.
Forget impeachment that is for legitimate presidents, Obama doesn’t meet the criteria for Natural born Citizen, has a phoney social security number based on private investigators findings and hsi so called birth certificate is also a complete fraud. We have not seen is college records and don’t know how a poor foreign educated student could get such a high priced education and yet claim he’s a USA citizen eligible to be president! Bottom line is he is a usurper from who knows where, has no allegiance to our country, has no respect for our laws and constitution and congress has sat on its hands and done nothing about any of these documented issues. Note that Georgia is now evaluating his eligibility and credentials in court and he may be barred from their state ballot if he can’t produce the goods to prove his eligibility. His lawyers tried unsuccessfully to get the case thrown out on standing once again but this time failed otherwise this issue would have been adjudicated two years ago when Alan Keyes filed suit against Obama. The military needs to get an order from their boss the American People , to take Obama to the brig! Before he colapses our country for his tyranical take over. God save us from this tyrant.
Agreed.
If Obama can be proven to be a usurper then Impeachment isn’t even an option. But you do need to take it to court for a ruling – and appeals all the way to the Supreme Court.
What is needed now is the proof.
Well they could impeach him for ” Treason and disreguarding the Constitution and the people ”
Since treason is a crime, criminal law would apply. According to the established rules for criminal law, obama would be treated as “innocent until proven guilty”. To this extent, you are correct in stating that “What is needed is the proof”. Interestingly though, I learned a big lesson in a civil proceeding back in the early 90′s. I was ordered to prove certain information to the court (this is a key difference between “criminal law” and “civil law”), and when I asked my lawyer “what ever happened to ‘innocent until proven guilty’?”, he replied that the latter applies only in criminal proceedings, and not in civil proceedings. Apparently, my lawyer was correct; look at what happened with OJ Simpson: he was acquitted in the criminal trial, but then the civil-court proceedings for “wrongful death” were brought to bear on him, and he LOST! All of this leads me to the question of the evening: couldn’t the People of the United States of America present a civil case against obama, and require him to prove his own innocence?
You have a great point!! I wonder how “the People of the United States”could do that????hmmmmm. Now he has broken another law by giving technology to Russia!! he just does whatever he wants!!! Dam i have too much hate for this man….I need to pray for strength and wisdom…i cannot stand even looking at his ugly face……..all i see is pure evil!
Unfortunately, the federal judges have taken the position that the People of the U.S. have no standing to sue Obama, meaning that we have no way of proving that his actions are harmful to individuals who have sought to bring suit, even in class-action form. This amounts to an inoculation of Obama against the charges of the People in court, and since the House will not act to uphold the Constitution and impeach Obama (part of their duties as members of the House), we are left with no viable alternative except to vote Obama out of office in November of this year. Ironically, part of the complaints of the People is that his name shouldn’t appear on the ballots in the first place. In short, our government has failed us at every turn.
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Daniel,
Thank you very much for that affirmation. It takes a kind word from like-minded people once in a while to keep up the grind in this long up-hill battle.
Thank you!
You are welcome sir. Keep up the good fight!
wgreen:
Obama’s mother and her father and mother are/were US citizens. That is how he got into US schools. US schools are pretty consistently at the bottom of the list of schools around the world in math and science. Instead, US schools–run by and staffed by unionized personnal–propagandize students using curricula consisting of mindless twittery and if they can’t “get” the basic stuff they are pushed on anyway. They learn little useful but think they’re smart, cute, and ought to start at the top wherever they apply for a job. A more unrealistic set of expections probably would be impossible to find around the world.
It’s likely that Obama fit right in; he’s got a good line of b.s., has been diagnosed accordig to publicized reports, as a narcissist (talks a good line but nothing between the ears) and may not have appeared very different from all the others who were pretty much like him both in outlook and “achievemets”. In his college career, he benefitted from the fact that he was “foreign”. That’s pretty much the picture of the USA today. We’re sunk, yet we think our kids are so smart, such world-beaters. The very few fit that description.
Chris Murphy and obeying the Constitution used in the same sentence? Sounds a little funny to me. Murphy is a conniving career lawyer-politician who now wants to be senator. He is a deceitful liar who acted as if he wanted to hear and weigh arguments pro and con about Obamacare when he knew all along what he was going to do. He scared the pants off of ignorant senior citizens by lying to them that their social security checks would stop coming if the Republicans didn’t extend Obama’s authority to borrow more money and place the country further in debt. The stupid voters in Connecticut will probably sleep walk through another election and give him a 30 year career like Dodd and Lieberman. It’s a shame.
Very interesting.
One of the big problems with Impeachment is that it requires both houses of congress to have voted on it. First, the Articles of Impeachment are drawn up and approved by the House. Then the House presents the case to the Senate.
With Harry as Senate Majority Leader, and the Democrat majority, it would never pass the Senate and would be a waste of effort.
Now, though I said that the fact that both houses needed to vote on it was a problem, I think it is an intentional problem. Impeachment should only be used under very grave circumstances, when virtually everybody could agree with it. This is done to prevent a congress that disagrees with the President from automatically impeaching and trying him in order to get their agenda through. I believe it is a very wise thing for the Founding Fathers to have done.
Finally, think that the right way to handle this is for there to be a civil suit brought agains the administration and the appointees asking for the court to grant a temporary restraining order to keep them from serving, followed by an injunction against them to prevent them from taking office, continued serving in the office, and/or preventing them from being paid for any services rendered as a result of the illegal action, and be ready for an appeal process to kick in for one emergency decision after another.
That’s why Americans need to find a leader for WE THE PEOPLE and march on the WH. in number, demanding that the Imposter be removed, as well as any politician that gets in the way. And if we can’t do that, states need to secede from the Union.
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Actually the actions you suggest could function as a block to further government/political action by Obama and congress, because of all the legal actions that would ensue, taking Obama’s attention away from what he plans to do and turning to saving his own skin and his administration, so that might be worthwhile and immensely usefull no matter what happens in the end. If he’s not re-elected, or if the dems are forced to repudiate him and bring forward anopther candidate, brilliant!
Obama HAS committed impeachable offenses. His “recess” appointments, despite the approval of the DoJ, are in fact unconstitutional. His interference in the 2010 Pennsylvania Senatorial election, which his White House Counsel admitted was a misdemeanor, was also impeachable. His stated intent to enforce only the laws he agrees with are a clear violation of his oath of office, which states, in part, that he will “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States”. Nowhere is he given an option to cherry pick what parts of the Constitution he will preserve, protect, and defend. The House has been derelict in their duty, and for purely political reasons. This begs the question: if the House of Representatives is itself the object of impeachment, what body of government draws up THEIR charges to present to the Senate for judgement?