This is a Petition to the Mayor and City Council of Durham, NC, to Request the United States House of Representatives to Bring Charges Against (Impeach) the President and Vice President of the United States of America

President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney have violated their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and have committed high crimes, including but not limited to:

1. The President and Vice President lied to Congress and the American People about Iraq's involvement in the 9/11 attacks, and "fixed the intelligence" about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, thus justifying the invasion of Iraq with false and misleading statements.

2. The President and Vice President secretly approved wiretaps and electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens without a court order, violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the 4th Amendment to our Constitution.

3. The President and Vice President approved torturing prisoners in violation of the 8th Amendment of our Constitution and the Geneva Convention. In an act of further arrogance, the President wrote in a signing statement in December 2005, that he had the right to ignore Congress express prohibition of torture.

4. Other grounds for impeachment are found at www.impeachbushcheney.net.

The same Constitution that Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney have violated provides only one way for them to be charged with their crimes. The House of Representatives must investigate and charge them, through the impeachment process.

Therefore, we, the undersigned citizens of Durham, respectfully request our elected officials -- the Mayor and members of the Durham City Council -- who took an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, to call on our State Legislators to initiate a petition for impeachment, and to request that David Price, our Representative in the House, should lead the effort to initiate impeachment hearings of the President and Vice President.