Impeaching Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved,
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.
Article II
(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.
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.
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.
