June 25, 2007



Tulsa City Council Resolution to Investigate Abuses by the
Executive Branch



City of Tulsa, Oklahoma


WHEREAS the American people require and expect their highest officials to follow all laws of the land, in particular the oath taken by
them upon assuming the powers of office “to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States;” and

WHEREAS President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney have misled Congress and the public by citing
unsubstantiated threats from the nation of Iraq to justify war against that nation; manipulated prewar intelligence; failed to ensure
that prisoners of war were treated humanely according to the terms of the Geneva Convention; conducted electronic surveillance of
Americans without seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in
1978; and subjected prisoners to indefinite detention without charge and denied them their constitutional right to counsel and
judicial relief; and

WHEREAS many of the people of Tulsa are angry and outraged by the Executive Branch of our federal government abusing its
power, deceiving America’s citizens, endangering our civil rights, and bringing widespread international discredit on our nation; and

WHEREAS no American citizen or official is above the law; and

WHEREAS this situation cannot be resolved without the investigation of these acts by the United States Congress, which is duly
authorized to do so; therefore be it

RESOLVED that the City Council of Tulsa, Oklahoma calls upon the United States House of Representatives to establish from
among its members a select committee to investigate these acts and make recommendation to the Congress with all possible
speed as to whether or not the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney is warranted; and
be it further RESOLVED to instruct the City Clerk to send certified copies of this resolution to Representatives Scott Bighorse, 36th
Dist., Rep Darrell Gilbert, 72th Dist., and Rep Lucky Lamons,66th Dist.,Rep Jennie McDaniel, 78th Dist, Rep Eric Proctor,77th Dist
and Rep Jabar Shumate,73rd Dist of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, to the Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, to Hon. Dan Boren, U.S. Congressman of the 2nd District of Oklahoma, and to the Chairman of
the House Judiciary Committee, Hon. John Conyers; and be it further RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and is hereby, instructed to
certify to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hon. Nancy Pelosi and Hon. Dan Boeen, U.S. Congressman of the  
2nd   District of Oklahoma, under the corporate seal of the City of  Tulsa, a copy of this resolution and its adoption by the City of
Tulsa, as a petition, and request that this petition be delivered to the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and
entered in the United States Congressional Record. The copies shall be marked with the word “Petition” at the top of the document
and contain the original authorizing signature of the City Clerk.











***Adopted by the City Council of Tulsa, Oklahoma on
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Details of Petition

It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen
from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to
keep the government from falling into error. -- United
States Supreme Court in American Communications
Association v. Douds