Day of Reckoning

What, then, is an impeachable offense? The only honest answer is that an impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history; conviction results from whatever offense or offenses two-thirds of the other body considers to be sufficiently serious to require removal of the accused from office. Gerald R. Ford, 15 April 1970

Resolution of Impeachment
Drafted by Charles O. Porter, Esq., former Oregon Congressman (external site)

The Case for Impeachment
Support the Resolution of Impeachment
News Reports
Commentary
Historical Context
Bush v. Gore (separate page)

The Case for Impeachment

External site: Resolution of Censure
(This resolution stops short of impeachment, but details the 5's "bad behavior.")
BuzzFlash interview with Charles O. Porter, author of the Resolution of Impeachment (mirror)
Interview with Vincent Bugliosi and Alan Dershowitz
Good Morning America (ABC News)
None Dare Call It Treason
Vincent Bugliosi, Esq.The Nation, 5 February 2001
Family ties, political bias linked US Supreme Court justices to Bush camp
Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site, 22 December 2000

Support the Resolution of Impeachment

Contact your state's Democratic Party
Contact your state's Congressional delegation
Send messages of support to the Resolution's author, Charles O. Porter
Sign the online petition supporting the Resolution.

News Reports

Orange County, California, Democrats Call for Supreme Court Investigation
Democrats.com, 28 August 2001
Oregon Democrats Seek to Oust Extreme Court 5
Reuters (in the New York Times), 23 July 2001
Oregon Moves to Impeach Justices
Reuters (in the Washington Post), 23 July 2001
Oregon Dem Party Executive Committee approves resolution of impeachment against Extreme Court 5
The Oregonian, 7 July 2001

Commentary

Still Time to Impeach the Supreme Court Five
Vincent Bugliosi with John Nichols, The Nation, 3 December 2001

Historical Context

Gerald Ford's Remarks on the Impeachment of Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, April 15, 1970
House Floor Speech: Impeach Justice Douglas, Box D29, Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers, Gerald R. Ford Library

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