Michael Connelly
www.usjf.netResolved, That Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Article I
In
his conduct while President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, in
violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of
President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his
constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has
willfully corrupted and manipulated the executive branch to increase its power
and destroy the balance of powers between the three branches of government that
is established by the Constitution of the United States.
The
means used to implement this course of conduct or scheme included one or more
of the following acts:
(1)
Shortly after being sworn in for his first
term as President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama began creating new
departments and appointing Czars to oversee these departments. These Czars were
never submitted to the United States Senate for approval as required by Article
2, Section 2 of the Constitution. In addition, these Czars and the Departments
have budgets that are not subject to being controlled by Congress as provided
for by Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. He also made recess
appointments when the Senate was not in recess and these appointments were
struck down by the Supreme Court.
(2)
Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution mandates that the President of
the United States “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed…”
Barack Hussein Obama, in violation of his oath of office has repeatedly ignored
this Constitutional mandate by refusing to enforce laws against illegal
immigration, defend in court the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and refusing
to enforce Federal voting laws.
(3)
Article 1 of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the
U.S. government and sets forth the powers of the Senate and House of
Representatives to make laws. These powers are exclusive and the Constitution
does not grant the President the power to either make laws or amend them on his
own. Barack Hussein Obama has ignored these provisions and made or changed laws
by either issuing unconstitutional executive orders or instructing governmental
departments to take illegal and unconstitutional actions. Specific actions
include, but are not necessarily limited to:
A. Ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to
implement portions of the Cap & Trade bill that failed to pass in the U.S.
Senate.
B. Ordering implementation of portions of the “Dream
Act” that failed to pass in Congress.
C. Orchestrating a government takeover of a major part
of the automobile industry in 2009.
D. Ordering a moratorium on new offshore oil and gas
exploration and production without approval of Congress.
E. Signing an Executive Order on March 16, 2012 giving
himself and the Executive branch extraordinary powers to control and allocate
resources such as food, water, energy and health care resources etc. in the
interest of vaguely defined national defense issues. It would amount to a
complete government takeover of the U.S. economy.
F. Signing an Executive Order on July 6, 2012 giving himself
and the Executive branch the power to control all methods of communications in
the United States based on a Presidential declaration of a national emergency.
G. Signing an Executive Order on January 6, 2013 that
contained 23 actions designed to limit the individual right to keep and bear
arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution.
H. Amending portions of the Affordable Healthcare Act
and other laws passed by Congress without Congressional approval as required by
Article 1 of the Constitution.
I. Issuing Executive orders in January 2014 amending
the HIPPA law to allow the turning over of confidential medical records to
Federal agencies if there is any information to be used to add individuals to
the NICS list to prohibit them from purchasing firearms.
J. Having the EPA impose regulations on the coal
industry that will force many utility companies and coal mines out of business.
This will cost the U.S. economy thousands of jobs and dramatically increase the
cost of energy to the public. This is being done without Congressional
approval.
K. Hindering the ability of the U.S. Border Patrol
Agency to not only stop illegal immigration, but to stop human and drug
trafficking.
L. Removing the work requirement from welfare reform
legislation without Congressional approval.
(1) Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution mandates
that from time to time the President “shall give to Congress information on the
State of the Union….” Implicit in this is an obligation for the President to be
truthful with the Congress and the American people. Barack Hussein Obama has
repeatedly violated his oath of office and the requirements of the Constitution
by willfully withholding information on important issues or actively taken part
in misleading the Congress and the American people. Specific actions include,
but are not necessarily limited to:
A. Using Executive privilege to block Congress from
getting documents relating to the DOJ’s Operation Fast and Furious and the
death of U.S. Border Patrol Brian Terry.
B. Had members of his administration provide false
information about the act of terrorism committed in Benghazi, Libya on
September 11, 2012 and refusing to allow the State Department and other federal
agencies to cooperate in the Congressional investigation.
C. Falsely labeled the mass murder of American soldiers
at Ft. Hood, Texas as “workplace violence” instead of the act of Islamic
terrorism it was.
D. Falsely labeling the IRS targeting of conservative and
Christian groups as a “phony” scandal and refusing to order an active pursuit
of the investigation into who was ultimately responsible.
E. Refusing to order an independent investigation of
the actions of Eric Holder and the DOJ in targeting the phone records of
members of the news media.
F. Telling the American people on a television show
that the NSA was not prying into the emails and phone calls of Americans when
the facts prove otherwise.
(2) The oath of office of the President of the United States requires him to preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution. This obviously includes what may be the most important part of
the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. Barack Hussein Obama has repeatedly
violated his oath of office by seeking to limit both the individual rights and
the rights of the States guaranteed in the first ten amendments to the
Constitution. Specific actions include, but are not necessarily limited to:
A. Having the
Department of Health and Human Services order religious institutions and
businesses owned by religious families to provide their employees free
contraception and other services that are contrary to their religious beliefs.
This is being done under the auspices of the Affordable Health Care Act and
violates the religious freedom clauses of the First Amendment.
B. Having the military place restrictions on the religious freedom of
Chaplains and other members of the military in order to favor gay rights
advocates and atheists in violation of the First Amendment.
C. Having the
military place restrictions on the freedom of speech of members of the military
and the civilian employees of the DOD in violation of their rights under the
First Amendment.
D. Using
Executive orders and government agency actions to limit Second Amendment rights.
This includes actions by the Veterans Administration to disarm American
veterans without due process as required by the Fifth Amendment.
E. Having the National Security Agency intercept and monitor the private
communications of millions of Americans without a court order and in violation
of the Fourth Amendment.
F. Joining with
foreign governments in lawsuits against sovereign U.S. states to prohibit them
from enforcing immigration laws. This is in violation of the Tenth Amendment.
G. Filing suits
under the Voting Rights Act against sovereign U.S. states to prevent them from
enforcing Voter ID laws despite rulings by the Supreme Court upholding these
laws. This is another violation of the Tenth Amendment and the balance of
powers.
H. Having the IRS propose new regulations on conservative 501 (C ) (4)
organizations to limit their freedom of speech and political activities during
election cycles in violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
I. Having the FCC prepare new rules on internet neutrality
in violation of the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down such
regulations.
J. Having the FCC institute a plan to place agents in
newsrooms of radio and television stations as well as print media to monitor
whether they are providing the “proper” news content to the public, a direct
violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
K. Having the
Secretary of State sign the U.N. Small Arms Treaty despite the opposition of a
majority of the U.S. Senate and with full awareness that the implementation of
the treaty would violate the Second Amendment rights of American citizens.
(3) Under Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution the President of the
United States is the Commander in Chief of the United States military and as
such is responsible for using them in a manner that best serves the national
security of the United States and protects our soldiers from unnecessary risks
and harm. Barack Hussein Obama has violated his oath of office in this regard.
Specific actions include, but are not necessarily limited to:
A. In the name of “political correctness,” he imposed
unnecessary and dangerous rules of engagement on our troops in combat causing
them to lose offensive and defensive capabilities and putting them in danger.
Many American service personnel have been killed or wounded as a result of this
policy.
B. Releasing the identity of American military
personnel and units engaged in dangerous and secret operations such as the
killing of Osama bin Laden by Navy Seal team 6.
C. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution gives
Congress the exclusive power to declare war. Yet, without consulting Congress
President Obama ordered the American military into action in Libya.
D. Having the Attorney General tell Secretaries of
State that they do not have to comply with the Federal law requiring states to
timely send absentee ballots to military personnel.
In all of this, Barack Hussein Obama
has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the
Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President and has acted in a manner
subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people
of the United States.
Wherefore,
Barack Hussein Obama, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and
removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor,
trust or profit under the United States.
Related by same author.
On Feb 20, 2014 I posted
formal Articles of Impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama on this blog and sent
copies to members of Congress. We have now confirmed that at least one, and
possibly more, members of Congress have submitted the articles to the House judiciary
Committee for consideration. Since a lot has happened since February I have
prepared a third article that is posted here. Please feel free to forward this
to your representative in Congress.
Article
III
(1) Article
2, Section 2 of the Constitution establishes the President as Commander in
Chief of the United States Military. This requires him to use his power and
authority to oversee the proper use of the military to properly protect and
defend the people and territory of the United States against all enemies, both
foreign and domestic. He is further responsible for using the U.S. military in
a manner that is effective and protects members of the military and takes
proper care of veterans.
The President takes an oath of office
that encompasses these duties. Barack Hussein Obama has consistently violated
these duties and violated his oath. Specific actions include, but are not
necessarily limited to:
A.
Imposing Rules of engagement on the
active military in war zones that have unnecessarily endangered the lives of
American soldiers.
B.
Allowed the leaking of classified
information about U.S. military operations to the media in order to enhance his
political image. Such leaks place the lives of U.S. soldiers in danger.
C.
Despite being informed in 2009 of
problems in the Veterans Administration involving treatment of veterans, took no
action improve the situation, but instead ordered the VA to spend a major part
of its budget on green energy projects at VA facilities instead on veteran
care.
D.
Endangered the lives of members of
the American military and American civilians by negotiating with terrorists to
trade five high level Taliban leaders in exchange for an American soldier who
deserted his post and his fellow soldiers. In addition, he did the foregoing
action in violation of Federal law since he did not provide the legally
required thirty day notice to members of Congress of his intent to release
prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.
E.
Continues to refuse to enforce
immigration laws passed by Congress in violation of Article 2, Section 3 of the
Constitution, and further has used illegal and unconstitutional Executive
orders to grant amnesty or de-facto amnesty to illegal aliens currently in the
United States.
F.
Has deliberately destroyed the
morale and effectiveness of Border Patrol agents by interfering with their
attempts to fulfill their oath of office and enforce laws legally passed by the
U.S. Congress.
G. By
his deliberate actions encouraged parents of thousands of children in Central
America to send their children, often unaccompanied by adults, across the U.S.
border and then asking for billions of taxpayer dollars to care for these
children.
H. Ordered
the Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security to place thousands of
these children on buses or planes and dumping them in communities around the
country; often without any prior notifications to the local elected officials
in these communities.
I.
Allowed the TSA to let these
children, as well as possible teenage gang members and unidentified to fly in
U.S. Airlines at taxpayer expense without proper identification required by
Federal law.
J.
Has refused to respond to lawful
requests by Governors of the southern Border States to close the Southern
border to any further illegal immigration and has created a severe financial
crisis for Border States and other states in order to advance his own political
agenda.
K. Has
ordered the release of thousands of illegal aliens who have been convicted of
serious crimes in the U.S. to be released and stay in the country after they
have served their sentences. This violates the requirements of Federal law that
such people be immediately deported.
L.
Ordered the immediate release of
approximately 68,000 other criminals in Federal prisons that have been
convicted of drug offenses. These actions endanger the lives and property of
honest and law abiding American citizens that the President is legally and constitutionally
required to protect.
M. Has authorized the IRS, HHS, BATF, DHS, and
EPA to propose new regulations not authorized by Congress that will adversely
affect the rights of Americans protected by the First, Second, Fourth, and
Fifth Amendments to the Constitution.
Michael
Connelly
