We are not a nation of laws, if law cannot be enforced at the highest levels of our government. It’s that simple.
Noting the Constitution assigns both the right and the obligation to Congress to intercede when the executive branch violates the law is one thing, asking Congress to actually do it, is apparently, quite another. While it is agonizingly obvious the time has more than arrived for Congress to do what the Constitution mandates, namely rein in a rogue president, such action would be extraordinary nonetheless.
Mr. Bush and his entourage have not only broken the law, they flaunt it. Moreover, this group that now controls the executive branch even assumes to take the power of law brazenly unto itself; in some cases, even relying on their allies in Congress to change laws the administration had already broken, to retroactively shield White House officials and their subordinates.···Mounting a serious legal challenge to the executive branch is a daunting task for Congress under any circumstances. However, as the breadth and scope of this White House’s transgressions are totally unprecedented, so too is the challenge Congress faces. Never in its history has America been confronted with an executive branch so determined to break every law designed to regulate its conduct. In the words of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "The American people don’t know the half of it."During the same interview, Pelosi was asked about impeachment as a remedy for illegal conduct by the Messrs. Bush, Cheney and other administration officials. Pelosi replied, "It’s not worth it."
If the price of inaction is the forfeiture of our constitutional democracy, then the worth of action needs to be reexamined – quickly, and in earnest.
This Congress has been saddled with an unenviable task: They are asked, scripted by the nation’s founding fathers, to undertake a rather monumental stand in defense of the republic. The Constitution is clear. What will prevail, law or lawlessness?
Maybe it is not “worth it” to support democrats (or republicans) who are for any solution other than impeaching the executive office holders for their crimes? Maybe some republicans (or independents) who weren’t going to run could be convinced that if they supported impeaching the law breakers that a lot of democrats and independents would vote for them?