How can the American people legally pursue an impeachment?

How can the American people legally pursue an impeachment against a leader(s) who maintains and acts like that he/she is above the law?|||People cannot impeach. In some instances,. people can garner sufficient signatures to mandate a recall of an elected official, but that is generally on locally-elected officials. Federal elected officials can be impeached only in the U.S. House of Representatives, and convicted of impeachment only in the U.S. Senate. The people are not directly involved in the process.|||only if the president has done something ILLEGAL|||I'm not sure but it's unfortunate that it has not already happened to a certain president.|||All they can do is put pressure on their Representative in Congress to start the process.|||Only through their representatives. The House "impeaches" and the Senate conducts (tries) the impeachment proceedings.|||Contact your senator. However, there is one big fat reason not to impeach and his name is Dick Cheney.|||Using the impeachment power for political purposes typically ends bad for the country. It turns into "get evenism" than we have a real obstruction in our government.|||Ah... it's probably possible to initiate a referendum (which is a citizen vote.) I would start out by gathering as many signatures as you can, and then sending a copy of it to your local state representative and senator. Call the the senators, representatives, etc. After all- they are the PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. You know who employs them? WE do. They work for US. Make it their business to obey you. That's their job. Good luck mate!


(I'm from MA... lemme know if you got ideas n' stuff. I'm interested in politics anyways, so, you know.)|||I felt like there was nothing that I could do when I worked for the Social Security Administration (857) during the Clinton regime days. There...the rules, POMS, were violated everyday with the knowledge and assistance of the liberal management. People whose skin color was not what it should be, we turned away at the door. They weren't even allowed to apply for benefits.|||The right to impeach public officials is secured by the U.S. Constitution in Article I, Sections 2 and 3, which discuss the procedure, and in Article II, Section 4, which indicates the grounds for impeachment: "the President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."


Removing an official from office requires two steps: (1) a formal accusation, or impeachment, by the House of Representatives, and (2) a trial and conviction by the Senate.








When Clinton was impeached, it did not pan out,and he _was_ guilty. President Bush is _not_ guilty, so let's go ahead and impeach to clear the air.








The impeachment of President Bill Clinton arose from a series of events following the filing of a lawsuit on May 6, 1994, by Paula Corbin Jones in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.|||Well, if you are smart and know what an impeachment is, you will know that an impeachment does not mean the president is required to leave office. Did you know this? Johnson and Clinton are the only two presidents to ever be impeached and they both finished out their terms. So to answer your question, an impeachment of Bush, for whatever reason, is pointless at this time during his presidency.|||Write a letter to your Congressman (unless that's who you want impeached) and if you can convince the Congressman to proceed, that's how it's done. Oh Yeah, before someone in government can be impeached, they have to commit a felony.|||Who are you trying to impeach? Bush hasn't committed an impeachable offense.





You may or may not be able to impeach local or state elected officials. That depends on your individual state constitution.





As far as Federal elected officials, the House impeaches and the Senate tries the case. And don't you think the House Democrats, being just a little bit smarter than you, would be talking impeachment if Bush had done something impeachable?|||vote|||Only Congress has that power, so convincing your local member of the HOuse of Representatives that a sitting president, VP, etc is guilty of felony crimes (ie: Perjury, Fraud.)


Now remember that even though you may IMPEACH someone, that does not necessarilly mean that they are found guilty.


In the Constitution, the impeanchment the HOuse can go thru the charges (similiar to a Grand Jury) and determine if there is enough evidence to indict.


You would then have to convice the Senate that the crimes merit punishment.





The most likely options to get at a President, etc is to wait until the individual is out of office. Then pursue something along the lines of an international war crimes tribunal or seek a Civil Lawsuit against the individual.





Here are the issues if you plan to attack Bush and Cheney:


1) No leader of a major superpower has brought up on these types charges by their own or foreign governments while sitting in office for a military conflict.


2) Proving culpability in actions. (ie: stating that they "manipulated intelligence to justify an invasion of Iraq," you would have to produce the origional documents to stand alongside the individuals who took the intelligence or manipulated it.)


3) Proving that their actions, even if misleading, were criminal Among the US actions of invading Iraq, they also pointed to the Hussein regime violating UN sanctions and expeling foreign diplomats and inspectors REPEATED despite being told to allow the inspectors back in, and this can considered a viable reason to enforce the UN mandates following the First Persian Gulf War.|||Well, let's see.....first, the leader has to commit a crime.





OOPS, that hasn't happened! Sorry, no impeachment!|||Class action suit? national petition? In a blatantly FALSE Democracy, that the AMERICAN PEOPLE have ALLOWED to become status quo, I'm not sure even an ACT of Congress can rid the high places of low people.


Scandal, now that's the ticket, something that would incur wrath in the MASSES. Unfortunately, at the age of 48, I have surmised that the PEOPLE of AMERICA are too complacent in their known ways and woes to venture forth and fight the uncertain fight that the United States of America's own Constitution proports we have a RIGHT to. Somewhere there's a quote, and I'm probably paraphrasing, but it says that The people should not fear their government, rather the Government should fear their people.


I know it was a line from V for Vendetta, but I think the words actually came from the Constitution it's self. There are also words from our 3rd president:


When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.


Thomas Jefferson


How prophetic huh?|||it may be the college of electorates? not sure.