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Resolutions Supporting Impeachment - A Kit for Political Activism
The After Downing Street Coalition is working with many of our individual and organizational members to advance the non-partisan project of passing pro-impeachment resolutions in towns, cities, and states around the country.
LINK TO LIST OF RESOLUTIONS PASSED AND INTRODUCED AROUND THE COUNTRY
Here is a two-page citizen's guide to impeachment.
Here is a 10-page PDF booklet called A Guide to the Impeachment of George W Bush and Richard Cheney. It includes: What Is Impeachment? / Grounds for Impeachment of Bush and Cheney / Legal Basis for city and State Impeachment Resolutions / Why Cities and States Should Pass Resolutions / Model Resolution.
This guide to passing an anti-war resolution is a good model in most details for passing a pro-impeachment resolution as well.
Read Foreign Policy Goes Local.
Model Impeachment Resolution for City, Town, County, or State
Sample letter to city or town council.
About Jefferson Manual, Rules, History, Grounds, Impeachable Offenses, and further legal precedents
Talking Points: Basic, Steve Cobble's, Political, Why it's appropriate for local governments to act,
Get organized locally here.
Sample Petition: HTML, Word, PDF
[Note: this is a petition for gathering signatures in your community in support of your resolution. This is not the "petition" referred to in the text of the resolution, which would be a letter from a representative of the governing body asking the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives to accept the resolution.]
Rutland Resolution Text
Alternative Impeachment Resolution Sample Text - Drafted by National Lawyers Guild (PDF Format) - from ImpeachNow.org
To collect signatures on your petition online, post it here and link to it from your website. Then use flyers, posters, events, earned media, and advertising to drive people to your site to sign the petition.
Sample Media Advisory, General Media Tips
Join Media Team, to help watch the media, write letters and op-eds, call talk shows, and promote coverage of local action: Email or Web Sign-Up (write "Media" in the Comments box).
Sample advertisement for local newspapers.
LINK TO LIST OF RESOLUTIONS PASSED AND INTRODUCED AROUND THE COUNTRY
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