How California and the Minority in Congress
Can Prosecute the White House for Suspected Criminal Acts
By Katherine Yurica
“Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?”
“I've been to London to see the Queen.”
“Pussycat, pussycat, what did you there?”
“I saw a little mouse under a chair.”
The question is, “Why didn't the cat see the Queen?” Perhaps it was because the cat, being only a cat, focused only on what cats are interested in. In this article we're going to Washington D.C. to see the power on the figurative throne: the President of the United States. We’re going to force our eyes to see what we have been shielding them from. We’re going to examine the presidency in a way no American has ever examined it before. Prepare yourself.
In recent months impeachable offenses have been traced to Mr. Bush and his administration. However, many commentators have advised their audiences that impeachment proceedings against George W. Bush “will never happen.” The reason given is that the Republican controlled congress would never vote for a special prosecutor to investigate the White House, let alone vote to open impeachment proceedings. So hundreds of thousands of citizens of this country have been raising questions about the future of our representative democracy. For clearly it is threatened.
In my opinion, and this article is not a legal opinion, the Republicans in Congress as well as those in the Justice Department, who refuse to open investigations of suspected criminal acts that may have been committed by Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney, Tom Delay and present or former Republican staffers in congress, and other members of the Bush-Cheney enterprise, could themselves be prosecuted for obstruction of justice.
Nevertheless, even if congressional leaders actively obstruct justice, all is not lost: the minority members of the House and Senate can still file an unprecedented RICO (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization) case against the Bush-Cheney enterprise. Similarly, California’s Governor Gray Davis (or Cruz Bustamante—should he succeed Davis) can file both a civil and criminal RICO against the Bush-Cheney enterprise. If California victims file a class action RICO suit in federal court and prevail, they would gain treble damages. If the state chooses to file in the state court, and it prevails, the statute awards double damages, which will help pull California out of its enormous debts. snip>
http://www.whoseflorida.com/impeach_gwbush.htm#RICOAny Californians out there in DU land might find this a very interesting read. One of you may want to send this Gov. Davis, at least he might want to take the house of Bush down with him, if they succeed in his ousting!
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