Rep. Jerrold Nadler Is Blocking Impeachment

[yurbud]

Source: After Downing Street

Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2008-01-24 01:33. Impeachment

By David Swanson

A private off-the-record meeting was held on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that included House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Subcommittee on the Constitution Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Judiciary Committee Member and advocate for opening Cheney impeachment hearings Robert Wexler, and several other committee members, activists, staffers, and former staffers from the Watergate days. I wasn't there, so I'm free to talk about what happened.

Wexler proposed opening impeachment hearings on Cheney. Conyers committee staffer Perry Appelbaum laid out instead a schedule for non-impeachment hearings over the coming 11 months. Conyers' notion is to hold non-impeachment hearings on "the imperial presidency" and run out the clock. I guess that would be sort of like a dozen police officers paying a non-arresting visit to the home of a mass murderer. Seriously? An "imperial" president, and you don't impeach him, and you don't retire or commit suicide? This baffles me.

The chief opponent of impeachment hearings was not Conyers. It was Nadler. Nadler argued strongly against any use of the I word. He argued that Congress should focus on passing bills, even though they will be vetoed, and then pass them again next year.

Arguing for keeping open the possibility of impeachment hearings developing out of the non-impeachment hearings was Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson. Daniel Ellsberg was also among those backing impeachment hearings.

Read more: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/30384

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This is sad and bizarre.

[Ian David]

1. Have contact info for Nadless Nadler? n/t

[FreepFryer]

2. Dupe.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2753494

[Dr Fate]

3. "Non Impeachment Hearing"? Is that like going to the doctor for a non-illness? n/t

;)

[balantz]

4. He's supposed to be a progressive Democrat, isn't he?

Aren't shrub and the neocons sort of the anti-progressives? WTF? Why is he blocking?

Do they have to draw straws to see who has to do the dirty work?

[rsmith6621]

5. Conyers has turned out to be a dissapointment

..........he along with Reid and the madam Speaker should pack thier bags and go home.....their two facers.

[DemBones DemBones]

6. They will need two bags, one for each of their faces.

I am so sick of "Democrats" with no spine and no loyalty to the people who voted them in.

[DemBones DemBones]

7. They will need two bags, one for each of their faces.

I am so sick of "Democrats" with no spine and no loyalty to the people who voted them in.

Well, that posted twice but I'm leaving it -- it deserves saying twice!

[yurbud]

9. Conyers hands are tied by Pelosi. He stood up when it was even more dangerous than now

[balantz]

8. I'm thinking the invasion of the body snatchers really DID happen!

At least in congress!

[cloudythescribbler]

10. Everyone from NY especially -- pressure Michio Kaku (WBAI Weds 5pm) to run against Nadler! nt