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Real reasons Clinton should be impeached.
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>NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY
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>Washington DC 20037
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>For release: December 21, 1998
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The impeachment of President Bill Clinton:
>Right action, wrong reasons, say Libertarians
>
> "Bill Clinton committed perjury when he put his hand on a Bible
>and swore to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States,"
>said Dasbach. "Instead of keeping his word, Clinton spent his entire
>term of office ignoring, abusing, and violating the guiding document of
>this nation -- launching wars without Congressional approval, and
>routinely violating the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth
>amendments to the Constitution.
>
> "And Bill Clinton obstructed justice when he signed so-called
>anti-terrorism legislation that sharply curtailed the right of habeas
>corpus; authorized the massacre at Waco, Texas; and expanded the power
>of the federal government to seize private property without
>compensation under asset forfeiture laws -- to name just a few
>examples," he said.
>
> "There are no greater crimes that a president can commit --
>other than perhaps treason -- that are as serious and damaging to the
>nation as Bill Clinton's serial abuse of the Constitution and the Bill
>of Rights," said Dasbach. "And there is no more fitting punishment for
>those crimes than for the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach him,
>for the U.S. Senate to convict him, for freedom-loving citizens to
>scorn him, and for history to despise him."
>
> In early July, the Libertarian Party had sent letters to
>then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Minority Leader Richard Gephardt,
>formally requesting that the "United States House begin Articles of
>Impeachment" against Clinton.
>
> The action followed the party's national convention in
>Washington, DC, where delegates overwhelmingly approved by voice vote a
>resolution urging Clinton's impeachment.
>
> Then, as now, the party took pains to note that its actions
>were not motivated by Special Prosecutor Ken Starr's investigation of
>the president, which focused on whether Clinton lied about a sexual
>relationship with a White House intern.
>
> "This impeachment request has nothing to do with the
>investigation of President Clinton by Kenneth Starr," wrote the party's
>then-National Director Ron Crickenberger. "We are making this request
>based solely on the violations of the Constitution that have been
>perpetrated by President Clinton during the time [he has] been in
>office."
>
> The party documented a long list of constitutional violations
>in the letter, noting that Clinton:
>
> * Violated the First Amendment by supporting censorship of the
>Internet and by demanding a ban on commercial advertising by cigarette
>companies.
>
> * Violated the Second Amendment by signing the Brady Bill and
>by arbitrarily banning so-called "assault weapons."
>
> * Violated the Fourth Amendment by restricting the right of
>Americans to employ encryption technology to prevent government spying
>on electronic communications; and by supporting legislation that will
>mandate national ID cards with biometric identifiers, such as
>fingerprints.
>
> * Violated the Fifth Amendment by expanding the asset
>forfeiture power of the federal government; and by signing
>"anti-terrorism" legislation that sharply limited the right of habeas
>corpus.
>
> * Violated the Ninth and Tenth Amendments -- which reserve all
>power not specifically delegated to the federal government to the
>states and to the people -- by attempting to put America's health care
>industry under federal control; and by numerous other executive actions
>and decrees.
>
> "These are crimes of the stature and magnitude that deserve
>impeachment," said Dasbach. "And those are the crimes that convinced
>Libertarians that Clinton should be impeached by the U.S. House,
>convicted by the U.S. Senate, and removed from office."
>
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