“There’s a total disregard for the rule of law,” Arizona Rep. Paul A. Gosar, states. “We can’t sit idly by here as we see the Constitution and justice being defamed right and left at the whim of the attorney general.”
Gosar led the charge to have Holder held in contempt of Congress. Last week Goser signed articles of impeachment, introduced last November by Rep. Pete Olson, after Holder started dumping illegals in Gosar’s home state.
“We have actually challenged the attorney general that he’s actually now complicit in violating federal code in moving illegal immigrants from one port to another port,” Gosar said. “The attorney general is the caretaker of the Constitution as well as the rule of law. He is to uphold them all, and he’s choosing not to.”
Holder’s crimes are numerous, just like Obama’s. Gosar is one of the very few congressman to actually be doing anything about the rampant lawlessness of this government.
Mr. Gosar’s list of what he says are constitutional violations includes the Justice Department giving the Obama administration permission to ignore the requirement of notifying Congress before transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees, Mr. Holder testifying that he was not aware of Justice’s investigation of Fox News reporter James Rosen when he in fact had signed the subpoena, and Justice’s failure to prosecute Internal Revenue Service workers who targeted conservative groups for scrutiny.“I didn’t think that the political attacks against Eric Holder by House Republicans could get any more irresponsible, but they did when some GOP members proposed the most fundamental abuse of the impeachment power,” Rep. Adam B. Schiff, California Democrat, said in a statement when the articles were introduced. “The articles introduced against the attorney general are nakedly political, representing a laundry list of debunked conspiracy theories directed at the attorney general and the administration.”
Mr. Gosar was instrumental in 2012 in gathering congressional signatures to demand that Mr. Holder resign for refusing to comply with a subpoena for documents related to the Operation Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal, in which federal agents allowed guns to be sold to Mexican gangs. That effort led to a House vote of 255-67 to find Mr. Holder in contempt of Congress.
Mr. Holder was spared by President Obama, who claimed executive privilege in withholding the documents. As a result, Mr. Holder declined to enforce the House’s contempt citation against himself.
‘High crimes and misdemeanors’
Constitutional scholars say Mr. Gosar and Mr. Olson have standing.
Article 2 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to impeach “the president, the vice president and all civil officers of the United States,” which includes Cabinet members such as Mr. Holder. Officials can be impeached for “treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The definition of “high crimes and misdemeanors” is left to Congress.
“High crimes and misdemeanors — both of which are criminal terms — don’t necessarily have to be confined to any particular statute or fit into a traditional definition of a crime,” said former constitutional law professor Herbert Titus. “So there’s a bit of discretion here in terms of the House filing the charge because of the political nature of the process.”
Four charges are presented in the articles for impeaching Mr. Holder: refusing to comply with a subpoena relating to the Fast and the Furious documents; failure to enforce several federal laws, including the Defense of Marriage Act, the Controlled Substances Act and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986; refusing to prosecute federal officials in the IRS scandal; and providing false testimony under oath about the Justice Department’s investigation of Mr. Rosen.
“Do I think that the House ought to explore the issues? Yes, I do,” said Mr. Titus, a former federal prosecutor. “There are sufficient indicators out there that Mr. Holder has ignored his constitutional duty, but it needs to be done carefully, and I think the House knows that.”
Members of Congress may want to tread lightly because of the highly political nature of the proceedings, said Bruce Fein, the legal scholar who is known for drafting articles of impeachment against President Clinton for perjury after he lied under oath about having sexual relations with an intern.
“In some sense, all impeachment is political,” Mr. Fein said, adding that Mr. Holder has taken several actions that are worthy of investigation.
Where it gets political, he said, is that several people in the Obama administration could qualify for impeachment hearings, such as Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, who admitted he lied or wasn’t fully truthful in his testimony to Congress, and Mr. Obama for allowing a “hit list” of American citizens with terrorist ties to be targeted in drone strikes without due process.
‘Rule of law is being usurped’
Many Democrats were willing to sign on the contempt charges against Mr. Holder, and Mr. Olson thinks he may be able to persuade some Democrats in competitive races this year to endorse his impeachment effort.
Although most Democrats have been reticent to criticize Mr. Holder, Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado went on record last year saying he would be “very happy” if the attorney general resigned.
House Republican leaders also have been reluctant to take on the initiative, although if Mr. Olson and Mr. Gosar collect enough signatures, Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said he would bring it to the floor for a vote, Mr. Olson said.
A simple majority in the House is needed to impeach. If the measure passes, it moves to the Senate, which decides to convict or acquit. A conviction requires a two-thirds vote and removes the person from office.
Tired of the talk. Holder belongs behind bars. Until then what really matters anymore. Our president is lawless as well as our secretary of defense. Smh
We need to dump all these
Communist $astards.
that will be the day
GOOD FOR Y OU PEOPLE. HE SHOULD STEP DOWN NOW OR BE IMPEACHED!
Arrest Eric Holder and Barrack Obama. No Incumbents.
He will hide behind the fact that he is black,guess what Eric you are not all black.Why don`t you get a tested to see your heritage creep.Oh by the way disbar him then put him behind bars
Time everyone DEMAND impeachment and arrest of all corrupt officials…Takes everyone of us to write demand…get petitions signed and sent and demand a SPECIAL prosecution thats not a donor to Obama and his administration. WE the people needs to stand and stop and demand those in Washington do their job or be fired this November
Barrack Obama having the United States train, support, and finance Terrorism is Treason. We are in a War against Terror. Barrack Obama’s Terrorists are no different than any one else’s Terrorists.
The Talking Points about Benghazi were only lies and Treason and the reason the Terrorists were never brought to justice.
Barrack Obama and his Administration and the CIA used the National Endowment for Democracy and groups like it to create, support, and fund the Violence and Terrorism in the Ukraine in an attempt to move their War from Africa and the Middle East to Europe and Asia.
What we have from Barrack Obama is lies and Treason.
http://thejaghunter.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/u-s-military-charges-obama-with-treason-benghazi/#comment-5763
No Incumbents.
Obama and each of our Senators and Representatives have failed to keep their Oath of Office to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.
They have became the domestic threat to our Human Rights and our Freedoms.
Our current Senate and House will not stop the stupid War on Terror, will not repeal Obamacare, and will not fire Obama or repeal Obamacare and care nothing what the people of the United States want.
Do you believe we should be spending trillions of dollars in a war in Africa and the Middle East and we should be trying to start a war with Russia and China?
No Incumbents. Vote every one of them out.
Obamacare, the new and improved and horribly unconstitutional Patriot Act, the NDAA, the Cyber Security Bill, Common Core Education, and Trans Fats Bans is just like Obama, our Judicial Branch, our Senators and our Representatives continually attacking Christian values and preaching for Immigration Reform and Gun Control.
Immigration Laws have not been Repealed.
We should have the Freedom of Religion, the Freedom of Speech and the right to own a Gun. The Bill of Rights did not give us our Human Rights and our Freedoms, we have those because we are free men and women.
Our rights and our freedoms are documented in our Bill of Rights so the good for nothing fat cat parasites in Washinton,DC do not forget we have them.
Everything Obama, Obama’s Administration, our current Senators, and our current Representatives want is only about People Control.
It is only about destroying our Human Rights and Freedoms.
Vote all the rich good for nothing liars and parasites out. They have not fired Obama and Holder and repealed the horrible Obamacare nightmare.
If they hold any elected or appointed office in Washington, DC, they are the problem, not the solution.
Obama, Eric Holder, Biden, John Kerry, and every one of Obama’s appointees should be fired, today.
Vote all the millionaires of our Senate and House out, they want to destroy our Human Rights and our Freedoms, they want to enforce Obamacare, and they will not enforce our Immigration Laws.
Repeal Obamacare.
End our stupid War on Terror.
Quit trying to start a war with China.
Quit trying to start a war with Russia.
No Incumbents.
Vote every one of our Senators and Representatives out.
They have not fired Obama and Holder.
Obama and Biden and most of our Senators and Representatives love war and Gun Control more than Adolf Hitler did and believe we deserve Human Rights and Freedoms as much as Adolf Hitler thought the Jews deserved them.
No Incumbents. Vote them out.
The violence in Syria and in the Ukraine was financed from inside the Untied States and we impose sanctions against Russia? The National Endowment for Democracy has no other job than to destablize nations for the CIA.
Our CIA and NSA are monsters and have no crediblity and the EPA and IRS are too corrupt to function and should be shut down.
Every nation of the world should impose sanctions against NATO and the United States for invading all of Africa and most of the Middle East.
Our Officials in Washington, DC have allowed every one of our Federal Agencies to become corrupt.
They have done nothing to stop the Terrorists playing the Knock Out Game in our cities and endangering the lives of citizens in our streets.
No Incumbents.
The blood of Patriots gave us the Bill of Rights.
We have the Bill of Rights because we are Free Men and Women, they are document so the rich fat cat liars and parasites of our Federal Agencies and our elected officials will not forget we have them, they have forgotten anyway.
If one of the filthy rich good for nothing liars and parasites of our House or Senate is re elected it is too many.,
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/paul-bremmer/2014/05/19/lefty-scientist-jail-pols-who-deny-global-warming-pbs-host-worries-the
How can anyone believe anything from Barrack Obama or anyone in Barrack Obama’s Administration.
Barrack Obama’s Administration lies and Treason since 2008.
They have not kept their Oath of Office so support and defend our Constitution and by doing that protect our Human Rights and our Freedoms.
No Incumbents.
Arrest Eric Holder and Barrack Obama. No Incumbents.
Your idiots