Blog 3: Impeach Obama?

I would like to begin by saying I do not keep up with politics at all. This is all very new to me, I did not follow the candidates in the recent election. I have never research anything on Obama before this assignment. The title of this article really caught my eye. Why Obama Should be Impeached is an article by David Lindorff were he presents his argument on why Obama should be Impeached. His main argument is based on something he refers to as the "white paper." According to David, the white paper is the White House offering the legal justification for the executing of American citizens solely on the authority of the executive branch. He continues with four points in which defends his argument by using Juan Cole's essay to describe how the papers violate the Constitution. He also refers to a book called "The Case for Impeachment" stating that failure to hold Bush and Cheney to account for their outrages would mean a subsequent president could commit the same crimes with impunity and Obama proved this. I believe David intended his audience to be the general public. I felt like he was trying to use fear to have people agree with him. He made good points and got me interested but had very few references. I could not find much on what David mentioned as "white paper," but this article Daniel Ellsberg says Obama should be impeached over NDAA talks about the NDAA which seemed to me like what David described. J. D. Heyes is the author of this article but he mainly uses Daniel Ellsberg's words. Ellsberg says the NDAA provision is merely an extension of unconstitutional government behavior stemming from the 9/11 attacks and the U.S. global war on terror. Ellsberg also believes Obama has made impeachable offenses. 

According to OBAMA IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS BEGIN!, on  March 11, 2013, Congress is beginning impeachment proceedings against Barack Obama based on the grounds of unauthorized use of the military in Libya and Syria.  Congress is also looking into his involvement in the Fast and Furious scandal.

My final article I feel has been the most informative and covers a wide variety of the Impeachment of Obama debate. The growing case for impeachment of Obama covers the operation Fast and Furious brought up by the previous article I mentioned. It also covers the Drone story of Anwar al-Awlaki which my first article briefly talked about. It also covers many other issues that was not addressed. What I liked most about this article was it described the issue, then it tells you what the experts say. As well as an "Impeachment crimes advisory system" which showed how severe the experts felt on the issue. The experts were Bruce Fein, Herbert Titus, and Louis Fisher. There was a short biography of each expert at the beginning of the article.