There is a way - little known but perhaps highly effective - by
which a matter of Impeachment can be brought immediately to the floor
of the House Of Representatives,
by-passing all Committees, and impossible to stop: and this is the
"Direct Proposition To
Impeach," by which any one single Member or Delegate can propose a
Motion to Impeach, directly from the floor of the
House. Such a motion is highly privileged, taking precedence over almost
everything else. And if it is at first defeated, it can be proposed
again repeatedly, as a matter of privilege.
The list of methods to initiate impeachment is shown below (with
footnote references removed, for clarity). The method of Direct
Proposition To Impeach is shown first, "by charges made on the floor on
the responsibility of a Member or Delegate."
". . . there are various methods of setting an impeachment in motion: by
charges made on the floor on the responsibility of a Member or Delegate;
by charges preferred by a memorial, which is usually referred to a
committee for examination; by a resolution dropped in the hopper by a
Member and referred to a committee; by a message from the President; by
charges transmitted from the legislature of a State or territory, or
from a grand jury ; or from facts developed and reported by an
investigating committee of the House." (footnotes not shown here)
The same list, with footnote references included, is shown below:
"In the <> House there are various methods of setting an impeachment in
motion: by charges made on the floor on the responsibility of a Member
or Delegate (II, 1303; III, 2342, 2400, 2469; VI, 525, 526, 528, 535,
536); by charges preferred by a memorial, which is usually referred to a
committee for examination (III, 2364, 2491, 2494, 2496, 2499, 2515; VI,
543); by a resolution dropped in the hopper by a Member and referred to
a committee (Apr. 15, 1970, p. 11941; Oct. 23, 1973, p. 34873); by a
message from the President (III, 2294, 2319; VI, 498); by charges
transmitted from the legislature of a State (III, 2469) or territory
(III, 2487) or from a grand jury (III, 2488); or from facts developed
and reported
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by an investigating committee of the House (III, 2399, 2444)."
The issue of "privilege" is covered here, in this same section:
"A direct <> proposition to impeach is a question of high privilege in
the House and at once supersedes business otherwise in order under the
rules governing the order of business (III, 2045-2048, 2051, 2398; VI,
468, 469; July 22, 1986, p. 17294; Aug. 3, 1988, p. 20206; May 10, 1989,
p. 8814; Sept. 23, 1998, pp. 21560-62; see Deschler, ch. 14, Sec. 8). It
may not even be superseded by an election case, which is also a matter
of high privilege (III, 2581). It does not lose its privilege from the
fact that a similar proposition has been made at a previous time during
the same session of Congress (III, 2408), previous action of the House
not affecting it (III, 2053)."
It is always possible that the opponents of Bush Impeachment (or of
Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld Impeachment) will try to find a way to get around
these applicable rules. But if they try to do so, we can make an issue
out of their "willingness to break the rules whenever they want to do
so," which is so typical of the Bush Administration and their blind
followers in Congress.
Blessings to you. May God help us all. And may God bless America!
