Bush Impeachment - The Illinois State Legislature is Preparing to Drop a Bombshell

The Illinois General Assembly is about to rock the nation. Members of state legislatures are normally not considered as having the ability to decide issues with a massive impact to the nation as a whole. Representative Karen A. Yarbrough of Illinois' 7th District is about to shatter that perception forever. Representative Yarbrough stumbled on a little known and never utlitized [sic] rule of the US House of Representatives, Section 603 of Jefferson's Manual of the Rules of the United States House of Representatives, which allows federal impeachment proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of a state legislature. From there, Illinois House Joint Resolution 125 (hereafter to be referred to as HJR0125) was born.

Steven Leser

Here, as if we needed more, is yet another example of why liberals should not be allowed to run around loose without adult supervision.

Jefferson's Manual is used as an addendum to the US House standing rules, I'm not sure how that relates to the actual rules. In any case, all section 603 says is that the House may institute impeachment proceedings on "charges transmitted from the legislature of a State." There is no compunction in the regular rules, nor in Jefferson's Manual for the House to do anything with these charges. We can safely assume Dennis Hastert would (and will) round-file this resolution if and when he gets it. There is nothing in the manual about a "joint resolution." Representative Yarbrough needs to stay away from her crack pipe before drafting any resolutions in the future.

If Bush is going to be impeached, which is not likely before next year, if at all, it needs to be done in accordance with the rule of law and not under the auspices of what some idiot legislator in Illinois who is mentally still in high school "feels" is the procedure.