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The reach to impeach


An Oregon lawyer won't stop until his mission is accomplished.

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One reason to impeach: Cpl. Travis Bradach-Nall
BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD | wcrawford at wweek dot com

[April 18th, 2007] A story line in Doonesbury last week about a grassroots movement in Vermont to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney poses a question: Is there a similar campaign in Oregon?

The answer is yes. But a better question might be whether it's a fool's errand, given that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has ruled out impeachment despite Democratic control of Congress.

No, answers 55-year-old Portland lawyer John F. Bradach, who's driving Oregon's impeachment train.

Bradach points to an obscure guide to the Constitution called Jefferson's Manual, a legislative procedure rulebook written by the third president. Anti-Bush groups hope the 206-year-old manual could bring about their Holy Grail under Section 603, where authority of impeachment can start with any state legislature.

Bradach says Bush and Cheney should be impeached for manipulating intelligence and lying like the Nixon Administration. His stake is also personal—his nephew, Marine Cpl. Travis Bradach-Nall, was killed in Iraq on July 2, 2003—the same day Bush said, "Bring it on!"













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"I can't abide these guys having a free pass without accountability," Bradach says.

Bradach wrote an impeachment resolution passed by the Democratic Party of Oregon's State Central Committee last month. But the Oregon Legislature won't take it up. So Bradach went to the Portland City Council last week seeking support for an impeachment resolution.

With a council that hasn't hesitated to opine on the Iraq war, Bradach assumed the impeachment question would find fertile ground. It didn't, but Bradach is undaunted.

"Some say it's a huge waste of time, but there is still the opportunity to impeach," Bradach says. "The cause is gaining traction.... Whether it's a few people in front of computers or a lot, we're moving forward."

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My sentiments precisely, Roger. on top of giving North Korea nuclear capabilities, the Do Nothing Administration allowed and IGNORED not only credile threats by Al-Qaeda, but ACTUAL ATTACKS!!! The ...

josh, Apr 22nd, 2007 8:41pm
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Whether or not previous office holders of the past 230 years should have been held accountable for impeachable offenses is not the point. If folks wanted previous presidents impeached, they could have...

Betsy Toll, Apr 27th, 2007 9:36am
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Impeachment is not primarily about punitive justice for the war crimes and constitutional law violations by the Bush Administration, but about setting an example for future presidents in that they mus...

Abel Tomlinson, May 2nd, 2007 6:52am
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Bush, Cheney, et al. are "suspected" of committing many impeachable offenses -- offenses that have put all of us in harms way. The problem is that every investigation thus far has been thwar...

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