Nader's Nadir

Jonathan Last describes the "Impeach Bush" movement, invoked by Ralph Nader on Tim Russert's program. Considering what impeachment did for Bill Clinton, I think it might be a good way to keep Democrats in the House busy while exposing the irrational hatred so many of them bear toward the President.

The grounds, it seems, would be that Bush has violated international law by going to war in Iraq. They might be more successful by pursuing impeachment in the U.N., which might have the added benefit of getting us out of that sinkhole.

I followed a link to this site of the "nonpartisan national Campaign to Impeach Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft and Rumsfeld (CIBCAR)." Nonpartisan? What is the point of calling itself nonpartisan?

The CIBCAR is the project of University of Illinois Professor of International Law Francis Boyle.

The foundation for impeaching both presidents [Bush and his father George H. W. Bush] is quite similar in that it cites violations of Constitutional and international law as well as breaches in U.N. Charter. Additionally, Bush has exceeded the powers of his office, prepared and conspired to commit war crimes in violation of the Hague and Geneva Conventions.. . .

Boyle is internationally renowned for his defense of human rights and has been a legal consultant to countries fighting for independence.

I would think that someone renowned for his defense of human rights would be lauding the restoration of those rights to the people of Iraq, but I guess that's how nonpartisan legal consultants think.