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‘Shoot to Kill’ Advice Leads New Round of Impeachment Talk

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. . .This week, a prominent Harvard law professor issued a “shoot to kill” advisory regarding any impeachment effort, warning that just nicking the president would “make him feel empowered and vindicated.”

The comments come from Harvard Law prof Laurence Tribe, who was promoting a new book on CNN.

He cautioned Democrats that impeachment is not a remedy for a “garden variety crime” but for “abusing the authority that we give to high officials like the president.”

He said such an extreme course of action “will be available only if we don’t use it loosely, and ring the bell every time something looks amiss.” . . .

His warning to the president’s critics: “If you’re going to shoot him, you have to shoot to kill.” (Read more from “‘Shoot to Kill’ Advice Leads New Round of Impeachment Talk” HERE)

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Special Session to Be Called, Considering First Impeachment of a Governor in the State

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By The Blaze. Members of the Missouri legislature have acted to schedule a special session for the first time in the state’s history, with the purpose of considering disciplinary actions against their governor. If the result ends with impeachment, it would be another first for the “Show-Me” state.

Republicans run both the House and Senate in Missouri, making the move noteworthy as many members have called for the resignation of GOP Governor Eric Greitens.

Greitens is in the midst of three investigations, facing two felony counts: one for the alleged blackmail of a former mistress, and another for the alleged use of his former non-profit’s donor list for campaign solicitations . . .

In announcing the decision to call the special session, Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson said, “This path is not the one that I would have chosen for Missourians or my colleagues. I have hoped from the beginning of this process that the committee would find no wrongdoing so we could bring this issue to a close…unfortunately, this is where the facts led.” . . .

Proceedings are scheduled to commence on May 18, now that the General Assembly has collected (and surpassed) the required three-quarters of the signatures needed from members to call the special session. In the past, special sessions have only been called by the governor. (Read more from “Special Session to Be Called, Considering First Impeachment of a Governor in the State” HERE)

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Missouri Lawmakers Seeking Special Session for Impeachment Proceedings Against Greitens

By CNN. Missouri House and Senate leaders announced Thursday night that they have gathered enough support from lawmakers to call the state legislature into a special session for impeachment proceedings against Gov. Eric Greitens.

The announcement follows a series of dire developments for Greitens, a former Republican rising star, including two felony charges: one stemming from a photo he allegedly took of a woman with whom he had an affair and another relating to his campaign’s alleged procurement of a nonprofit donor list without the charity’s knowledge.

But the decision by state lawmakers to consider impeaching the governor adds a new layer to Greitens’ woes given that the Statehouse is firmly controlled by his own party.

“This path is not the one that I would have chosen for Missourians or my colleagues,” said Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson, a Republican. “I have hoped from the beginning of this process that the committee would find no wrongdoing so we could bring this issue to a close. … Unfortunately, this is where the facts led.” (Read more from “Missouri Lawmakers Seeking Special Session for Impeachment Proceedings Against Greitens” HERE)

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Tom Steyer’s Impeachment Push Has Some Dems Running Scared

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California financier Tom Steyer’s $20 million ad campaign to impeach President Donald Trump has alienated some of the Democratic leaders with the influence to make impeachment a reality.

Some within the Democratic leadership fear that aggressively pursuing impeachment will only serve to turn Republican and independents against the party and jeopardize their opportunity to flip Congress in 2018.

“I’ve been a very harsh critic of this president….But the impeachment message right now is not helpful to the possibility of retaking the House,” Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, chairman of the fiscally moderate New Democratic Coalition, told The Wall Street Journal . . .

The ads have run on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, local broadcast stations, Times Square and Twitter. The segments, which cast Trump’s firing of former FBI director James Comey as obstruction, direct viewers to a virtual impeachment petition website, that 2.6 million people have signed in the month since the campaign began.

Steyer, who has spent over $170 million to support Democratic causes and candidates over the last three years, claims the ad campaign is designed to put sufficient public pressure on lawmakers that they secure the necessary coalition to impeach. (Read more from “Tom Steyer’s Impeachment Push Has Some Dems Running Scared” HERE)

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Yet Another High-Profile Conservative Demands Obama’s Impeachment

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Photo Credit: Western Journalism

Photo Credit: Western Journalism

By B. Christopher Agee.

As calls for impeachment proceedings against Barack Obama increase among prominent Republicans, it is clear the proposition is one that resonates with a large number of Americans. A pair of polls this week shows that at least one-third of the public wants to see him removed from office.

The trend is so obvious that even the White House has admitted that the pursuit of impeachment hearings is a distinct possibility.

Alaska Senate hopeful Joe Miller added his name to the growing list of impeachment proponents in a statement released earlier this week. Echoing the sentiment of fellow Alaskan Sarah Palin, he suggested that the inaction of the Obama administration regarding the ongoing border crisis is an issue that must be addressed swiftly and decisively.

“The truth is, what we are facing with respect to the massive influx of illegals is not only a rule of law issue,” he said; “it is a public health risk and a threat to our national security.”

Miller asserted that Obama must be held accountable, suggesting that impeachment would be the most effective solution.

Read more from this story HERE.

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Photo Credit: AP / Mark Thiessen

Photo Credit: AP / Mark Thiessen

Senate Hopeful Joe Miller Calls For Obama’s Impeachment, Blasts Mark Begich Over Border

By David McCabe.

Joe Miller, who is running in the Republican primary for the opportunity to challenge Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), has called for President Barack Obama’s impeachment, his campaign said this week.

“Sarah Palin is right; it’s time to impeach this President for dereliction of duty, selectively enforcing the law, and usurping powers that the Constitution does not authorize,” he said in a press release. “He is willfully undermining the rule of law and creating chaos.”

Palin, the former Alaska governor who shot to prominence as Sen. John McCain’s presidential running mate in 2008, has repeatedly called for Obama’s impeachment this summer.

Earlier this month, Palin penned an op-ed for Breitbart.com, saying that the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border was “the last straw” and should be cause for Congress to bring articles of impeachment against the president. But the rhetoric around impeachment has also incorporated many of the issues conservatives have used to attack Obama throughout his two terms, including questions about the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

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Liberal Icon Urges Obama Impeachment

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Photo Credit: WND

Photo Credit: WND

Worse than Richard Nixon. An unprecedented abuse of powers. The most un-American president in the nation’s history.

Nat Hentoff does not think much of President Obama.

And now, the famous journalist says it is time to begin looking into impeachment.

Hentoff sees the biggest problem as Obama’s penchant to rule by executive order when he can’t convince Congress to do things his way.

The issue jumped back into the headlines last week when, just before his first Cabinet meeting of 2014, Obama said, “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone … and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions.”

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‘Impeachment’? Dems Escalate NJ Bridge Probe, While Some Defend Christie

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Photo Credit: Fox News

Democrats sharpened their swords Sunday over the New Jersey bridge scandal, with one state lawmaker suggesting impeachment is an option for Gov. Chris Christie — even as other prominent politicos said they were inclined to believe the governor’s side of the story.

Christie on Thursday apologized for lane closures last fall that snarled traffic on the George Washington Bridge, after emails surfaced showing the closures were pushed by his associates as an apparent act of political revenge. The governor said he was “embarrassed” but insisted he had nothing to do with the incident.

The Republican governor, considered a possible 2016 presidential candidate, on Sunday earned the benefit of the doubt from some unexpected corners. Former Obama White House adviser David Plouffe, on ABC’s “This Week,” said his sense is Christie wouldn’t have been so strong in his denials if he knew what was happening.

But New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, chairman of the legislative panel probing the closures, cast doubt on the governor’s claims in an interview with Fox News. “It’s hard to believe in the middle of a gubernatorial election that the governor didn’t have a conversation with somebody on his senior staff about a big problem in Fort Lee,” he said.

Read more from this story HERE.

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Photo Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

N.J. Lawmaker: It Could Be Grounds For Impeachment If Christie Knew About GWB Closures

By CBSNewYork.

The New Jersey lawmaker heading up the state investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closures has raised the possibility of impeachment if the probe uncovers ties to Gov. Chris Christie.

As WCBS 880’s Jim Smith reported Sunday, despite all the e-mails, apologies and firings, state Assembly Transportation Committee Chairman John Wisniewski (D-Sayreville) said it is still early in the investigation.

He appeared Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“We’re not only going to need testimony,” he said. “We’re going to need documents, and so we have a lot more work ahead of us.”

Wisniewski said the committee is planning to issue more subpoenas – possibly this week – which could include Christie spokesman Michael Druniac and the now-fired Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Kelly.

Read more from this story HERE.

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Photo Credit: Rich McCormack/For The Jersey Journal

Photo Credit: Rich McCormack/For The Jersey Journal

‘Christie has blood on his hands,’ ‘Political terrorism’: with protest signs like these, NJ ‘Peace’ Group might have wanted bigger crowd

By Dave Urbanski.

A group that espouses “peace, truth, justice” arrived at the protest site carrying signs that clearly stated their no-holds-barred anger at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: “Political Terrorism” and “Christie Has Blood on His Hands” among others.

As the storm of the “bridgegate” controversy gathered strength, members of the Jersey City Peace Movement rallied in front of the PATH station in Jersey City’s Journal Square Friday evening.

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Expert Testifies to Congress that Obama’s ‘Ignoring Laws’ Could Lead to Overthrow of Government (+video)

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Photo Credit: C-SpanDuring a congressional committee hearing about the constitutional limits imposed on the presidency and the implications of President Barack Obama’s disregard for implementing the Affordable Care Act as written, one expert testified that the consequences of the president’s behavior were potentially grave. He said that the precedent set by Obama could eventually lead to an armed revolt against the federal government.

On Tuesday, Michael Cannon, Cato Institute’s Director of Health Policy Studies, testified before a congressional committee about the dangers of the president’s legal behavior.

Read more from this story HERE.

GOP Rep. Confirms Articles of Impeachment will be Filed Against Eric Holder (+video)

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A group of fed-up House Republicans who say they are tired of being stonewalled by Attorney General Eric Holder plan to formally introduce articles of impeachment on Thursday in a bid to remove the nation’s top law enforcement officer from office.

Several GOP congressmen have been drafting articles of impeachment over a number of controversies relating to the U.S. Department of Justice. The lawmakers’ grievances include Holder’s refusal to turn over documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious, the DOJ’s habit of selectively enforcing federal laws, and the department’s refusal to prosecute IRS officials who accessed confidential taxpayer information, among other things.

The articles of impeachment also accuse Holder of providing false testimony to Congress, which is a “clear violation” of the law.

Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) told CQ Roll Call that he plans to formally introduce the charges on Thursday. Further, Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) confirmed the impeachment effort to TheBlaze TV in an interview set to air on Wednesday night. You can watch Yoho’s appearance on tonight’s episode of “Wilkow!” here.

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Photo Credit: TPNN Citing Multiple Scandals Rep. Calls for Impeachment of Eric Holder

By Greg Campbell

On Wednesday, Florida Congressman Ted Yoho spoke candidly with TPNN’s The Voice of Reason, Tim Constantine. As President Obama, seemingly, walks between the rain drops without having to deal with the consequences of the numerous scandals that are piling up on his doorstep, Rep. Yoho noted that Attorney General Eric Holder, the Justice Department’s chief law enforcer, has been held in contempt of Congress and should be impeached.

Speaking of a mounting movement in Congress amongst conservatives to consider impeachment of Holder, Rep. Yoho explained,

“Whether it was Fast and Furious or some of these other [scandals], not enforcing the laws on the books and not upholding his constitutional duties and violating the law on numerous occasions- these things have been mounting up… When we got back from this last break we just said, ‘We’re going to go ahead with this. There’s just too many things that they’ve done in this administration, especially with the Attorney General, that anybody else in America, had they done what he had done, would go to jail. And so, the American people want accountability in their government and this is the time to start it.

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Majority: IRS Blunders Grounds for Impeachment

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Photo Credit: WND

Let’s see, under Barack Obama the IRS targeted conservatives and Christians with harassment, dozens of “czars” were appointed, Arizona was sued for trying to enforce federal immigration laws, the government refused to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act and the National Security Agency spied on Americans.

No wonder more conservative Americans already have been wondering why Obama is allowed to get away with such antics and whether impeachment might not be the solution the Founders ordered.

But now the worry is spreading, with a new poll showing most American voters believe there are multiple grounds for Obama’s impeachment.

The national telephone survey of registered voters by Wenzel Strategies was done Aug. 23-28 with a margin of error of 3.67 percentage points.

It has been revealed that under Obama’s watch, the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservatives with harassment that curbed their influence during the 2012 election, which Obama won.

Read more from this story HERE.

Lawmaker: Impeach Officials Who Issue Homosexual Marriage Licenses, Refuse to Defend Marriage Laws

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Photo Credit: LifeSiteNewsPennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has followed the lead of Barack Obama and Jerry Brown by refusing to uphold the state’s law protecting marriage between one man and one woman. At least one legislator thinks it is time she paid for violating her oath of office.

State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Butler, has said Kane’s actions merit impeachment, because they spread “lawlessness.”

“I think breaking the law is worthy of impeachment,” Metcalfe told local media. “Her duty is to defend the law.

Shortly after her announcement, Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes began issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals, despite the fact that state law forbids such unions. As of Friday afternoon, Hanes had issued 62 marriage licenses to homosexual couples, and 13 of their recipients have completed wedding ceremonies.

“By her example, this Montgomery County official felt emboldened to violate the law also,” Metcalfe said.

Read more from this story HERE.