A RESOLUTION OF THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA in defense of the Constitution of the United States, demanding the impeachment of George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney, and two complicit associates.

Whereas the Declaration of Independence declares securing “unalienable Rights” including “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” to be the purpose of government and

Whereas the Constitution of the United States establishes the firm foundation for our rule of law, and its Bill of Rights provides for the precious individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all American citizens, and

Whereas, in the conduct of their offices, President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in violation of their constitutional oaths to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution” and to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,” have committed any or all of the following “high Crimes and Misdemeanors”:

I. WARRANTLESS SEARCHES: ordering the National Security Agency to conduct secret, warrantless searches and seizures of the private personal communications of American citizens, without oversight by the legislative or judicial branches of the government, in violation of the 4th Amendment of the Constitution and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of the Congress (FISA 1978);

II. TORTURE: authorizing and permitting torture against human beings, in violation of the Geneva Conventions (1864-1949) and the United Nations’ Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1985);

III. INDEFINITE DETENTION: depriving both American citizens and non-citizens of their constitutionally guaranteed rights regarding unjust imprisonment and speedy and public trial, in violation of their rights to guaranteed liberty and due process of law in the 5th and 6th Amendments;

IV. WAR OF AGGRESSION: launching an illegal, unjust, and undeclared war against the sovereign state of Iraq, in violation of

the Charter of the United Nations (1945);

V. USE OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS: authorizing the use of illegal chemical and radioactive weapons in military campaigns, notably white phosphorous and depleted uranium in Iraq, in violation of the United Nations‚ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948);

VI. DELIBERATE DECEPTIONS: repeatedly, consciously, and with forethought, lying to the American people and the U.S. Congress by providing false and deceptive rationales for an unjustified and illegal war in Iraq; covering up the truth about the 9-11 attacks, namely, that the Bush administration, at a minimum, had foreknowledge of the attacks and intentionally failed to prevent them, and at worst, were complicit in the attacks themselves, creating the myth of Al Qaeda as a pretext for starting a war "that will not end in our lifetimes", the so-called "War on Terror";

VII. ATTACKING CIVILIANS: authorizing, ordering, and condoning direct military attacks on civilians and civilian homes and communities, thereby causing massive death, maiming, and destruction in Iraq, in violation of Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

VIII. VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES: violating and unilaterally abrogating lawful signatory treaties, such as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972) between the United States and Russia, the Treaty of Rome (1950) establishing the International Criminal Court, and the Geneva Conventions providing for humane treatment of combatants and civilians, in violation of Article VI of the Constitution acknowledging these treaties to be “the Supreme Law of the Land.”

IX. TREASON: Betrayal and disclosure of identifying information of a CIA agent and the operational cover by White House officials caused significant damage to U.S. national security thereby giving aid and comfort to the enemy in violation of USC Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 37 § 793 , § 794, and the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.