ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA –
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
I have prepared these updated formal Articles of Impeachment
as a Constitutional lawyer. They are in proper legal form and all allegations
are provable. 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. Please feel free to forward this to your
representative in Congress.
Michael Connelly, Constitutional Attorney
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.
