A group of Nyack residents calling themselves “Impeachment-Nyack” plan to present a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to the Village Board of Nyack for debate on April 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Nyack resident Daniel Strum said the group believes the initiative to be one of the first in the state.

“We hope it will be the beginning of a larger, statewide campaign,” Strum said today. “This administration has gone way too far, gotten away with way too much, and must be held accountable to reverse the terrible trends against democracy they have pursued.”

To read the resolution

Nyack Resolution To Impeach Bush & Cheney

Village of Nyack, New York
Resolution to Impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired with others to defraud the United States of America by intentionally misleading Congress and the public regarding the threat from Iraq in order to justify a war in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has admitted to ordering the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of American civilians without seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in 1978, in violation of Title 50 United States Code, Section 1805; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired to commit the torture of prisoners in violation of the “Federal Torture Act� Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C, the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention, which under Article VI of the Constitution are part of the “Supreme Law of the Land�; and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney acted to strip American citizens of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detention without access to legal counsel, without charge and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the President of a U.S. citizen as an “enemy combatant�, all in subversion of law; and
WHEREAS, In all of this George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President and Vice President, subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of Nyack and of the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, Petitions from the country at large may be presented by the Speaker of the House according to Clause 3 of House Rule XII;
Be it resolved that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct, warrant impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States;
Be it resolved further by the Village of Nyack, That our senators and representatives in the United States Congress be, and they are hereby, requested to cause to be instituted in the Congress of the United States proper proceedings for the investigation of the activities of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, to the end that they may be impeached and removed from such office.
Be it resolved further, That the Clerk of the Village of Nyack be, and is hereby, instructed to certify to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, under the seal of the Village of Nyack, a copy of this resolution and its adoption by the Village of Nyack, as a petition, and request that this petition be delivered to the Office of the Clerk and entered in the United States Congressional Journal. The copies shall be marked with the word “Petition� at the top of the document and contain the original authorizing signature of the Village Clerk.
Be it resolved further, that a copy of this resolution be sent to our New York State Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, and that we hereby request that she initiate a similar resolution in the New York State Assembly; and be it resolved further, that a copy of this resolution be sent to our U.S. Representative Eliot Engel, and that we hereby request that he initiate a similar resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives.