Nation's Oldest Leftist Weekly Demands President’s Impeachment Over Mass Surveillance

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In the pages of The Nation, the oldest continuously published weekly in the country and the self-described “flagship of the left,” a former member of the House of Representatives has called for the impeachment of the president over revelations of massive government surveillance of ordinary citizens.

Democrat Elizabeth Holtzman of New York, who sat on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate era, powerfully yet dispassionately lays out the case for the immediate impeachment of the president.

“Nothing less is necessary to protect our constitutional system and preserve our democracy,” she declares.

The last straw for the retired Congresswoman was the revelation that the president “directed the wiretapping of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Americans” (a number that is likely conservative).

“As a matter of constitutional law, these and other misdeeds constitute grounds for the impeachment,” writes Holtzman in her bombshell treatise. “A President, any President, who maintains that he is above the law — and repeatedly violates the law — thereby commits high crimes and misdemeanors, the constitutional standard for impeachment and removal from office.”

[Editor’s Note: This piece is somewhat satirical. The Nation link above is directed to a 2006 article calling for Bush’s impeachment. Restoring Liberty contacted the author who stated the following: “go to the piece in The Nation. Each time you see Bush, insert Obama — particularly in the parts about mass surveillance. Does the case for impeachment still apply? If so, what does that say about the character and credibility of The Nation?”]

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