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Bye Bye Bybee: Impeach, Disbar, Prosecute "Torture Judge"
About 50 protesters from CODEPINK, World Can't Wait, National Lawyers Guild SF Committee Against Torture, PDA, and other groups went to the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco on May 27 to call for Judge Jay Bybee's immediate impeachment. Simultaneous protests were held at other 9th Circuit locations including Pasadena, Portland, Seattle, Honolulu, Fresno, and Anchorage.
Bye Bye Bybee: Impeach, Disbar, Prosecute "Torture Judge"
May 28, 2009
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
About 50 protesters from CODEPINK, World Can't Wait, National Lawyers Guild SF Committee Against Torture, PDA, and other groups went to the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco on May 27 to call for Judge Jay Bybee's immediate impeachment.
As head of the Office of Legal Counsel, Bybee signed off on legal memos that advised Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, Rice, etc. that "enhanced interrogation techniques" amounting to torture were legal. Any act complicit in torture is a felony under U.S. law. A New York Times editorial on April 18 said "...Bybee is unfit for a job that requires legal judgment and a respect for the Constitution. Congress should impeach him."
There were orange jump-suited people and WCW had an installation of "The Bybee/Bush Museum of Torture." Speakers included a lawyer who explained in layman’s terms what Bybee did and why he should be impeached. CODEPINK gathered signatures for an Impeach Bybee petition and handed out flyers with websites for online Impeach Bybee petitions.
Simultaneous protests were held at other 9th Circuit locations including Pasadena, Portland, Seattle, Honolulu, Fresno, and Anchorage.
Online petitions to remove Judge Bybee:
Center for Constitutional Rights
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/t/4089/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27088
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=12935991&PROCESS=Take+Action
Common Cause
http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=5115995
People for the American Way
https://secure.pfaw.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=ImpeachBybee&gclid=CISg75SZz5oCFRxNagodU2ra2w
May 28, 2009
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
About 50 protesters from CODEPINK, World Can't Wait, National Lawyers Guild SF Committee Against Torture, PDA, and other groups went to the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco on May 27 to call for Judge Jay Bybee's immediate impeachment.
As head of the Office of Legal Counsel, Bybee signed off on legal memos that advised Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, Rice, etc. that "enhanced interrogation techniques" amounting to torture were legal. Any act complicit in torture is a felony under U.S. law. A New York Times editorial on April 18 said "...Bybee is unfit for a job that requires legal judgment and a respect for the Constitution. Congress should impeach him."
There were orange jump-suited people and WCW had an installation of "The Bybee/Bush Museum of Torture." Speakers included a lawyer who explained in layman’s terms what Bybee did and why he should be impeached. CODEPINK gathered signatures for an Impeach Bybee petition and handed out flyers with websites for online Impeach Bybee petitions.
Simultaneous protests were held at other 9th Circuit locations including Pasadena, Portland, Seattle, Honolulu, Fresno, and Anchorage.
Online petitions to remove Judge Bybee:
Center for Constitutional Rights
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/t/4089/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27088
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=12935991&PROCESS=Take+Action
Common Cause
http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=5115995
People for the American Way
https://secure.pfaw.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=ImpeachBybee&gclid=CISg75SZz5oCFRxNagodU2ra2w
For more information:
http://codepinkgoldengate.org
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I would like to extend my support and gratitude to all those good people who responded to the nationwide call on May 28th to demand the release of the torture photos and the prosecution of Jay Bybee and other U.S. officials who "legitimized" and authorized the use of torture. I am, however, somewhat dismayed at the presence of a clown outside the 9th District Court of Appeals in San Francisco where Jay Bybee presides. It seems to lend an heir of frivolity to an otherwise very real and heartfelt outcry against the horrifying crimes that have been committed against all of humanity in our name, and sends a message around the world that we here in the United States think this is all some kind of practical joke. I know the intentions were well meant, but please, let's be more cognizant of our unique responsibilities and obligations in this matter.
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