The (admittedly liberal) college town of Berkeley, CA put together a ballot for its citizens to vote on whether or not Bush/Cheney should be impeached & it was made public today on CNN (& other news outlets as well probably,) Pundits said that it was more of a symbolic gesture than anything since "the House has to be the one to vote for impeachment." This is not entirely true, however, as is evidenced in this thread. Through the clause discovered by Karen Yarbrough, impeachment can be charged by a state legislature as well, but a committee must approve it before it goes before a vote by the House. So, feasibly, if enough state legislatures made the petition for impeachment, it would just about have to happen. I haven't heard anything else about the IL & VT legislatures bringing forth charges as I posted initially. Hopefully, today's announcement coming out of Berkeley will get the ball rolling a little more.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/12374
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Several resolutions calling for impeachment have passed in cities around the country, but a ballot initiative allowing voters to weigh in on the issue would be unique. Constitution Summer, a coalition of student activists from more than a dozen universities, believes that Congress’ reluctance to investigate the merits of impeachment justifies taking the question to the people.
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