IMPEACH BILL CLINTON FOR THE RIGHT REASONS: 
NOT FOR LEWINSKY, BUT RATHER FOR THE ILLEGAL BOMBING OF IRAQ, 
AFGHANISTAN AND SUDAN 
  
    The following petition was first circulated at the meeting of the
American Historical Association (Washington, D.C.,  January 7-10) by Jesse
Lemisch of the Department of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
of the City University of New York, and Joanne Landy. Signers include:
Eileen Boris (Univ. of Virginia), Ronald Grele (Columbia Univ.),  Herbert S.
Klein (Columbia Univ.), Lawrence Levine (George Mason Univ.), Nelson
Lichtenstein (Univ. of Virginia), James O'Brien (Univ. of Masssachusetts,
Boston), Leo Ribuffo (George Washington Univ.), and individual members of
the Graduate Employees and Students Organization (GESO) at Yale, the Radical
History Review Collective, and the Coordinating Committee for Women in
History (institutions/organizations are given for identification purposes
only.) We invite your participation. (Some of the above had earlier signed
one or more other statements, but found that no obstacle to signing this
one.)

  
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Petition: 
  
    We the undersigned historians, social scientists, and others strongly 
oppose the removal of Bill Clinton for the offenses for which he is on 
trial before the Senate. We urge his impeachment for high crimes and 
misdemeaners, and abuses of presidential power on the following grounds, 
pertaining to the bombings of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan: 
  
    Violation of the War Powers Clause of the Constitution (Article I, 
Section 8) 
    Violation of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 (50 U.S.C.A. Sec. 
1541-1548. Section 2 (c)) 
    Violation of the Executive Order prohibiting assassination, or 
conspiracy to assassinate (Exec. Order 12,333, Sec. 2-305; see also US 
Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956)) 
    Violation of treaties (UN Charter) which are "the supreme law of the 
land" (Article VI, Section 2)  


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to signers: this petition and its list of signers will be distributed to 
the media, sent to interested parties, and published in every way 
possible, including the Internet and, if funds are available, as an 
advertisement. Institutional affiliations are for identification purposes 
only. If you are willing to sign, please reply, indicating your 
affiliation and address. 
  
For further information, contact Jesse Lemisch, 890 West End Avenue, 8b, 
NY NY 10025. phone (212) 222-6649; e-mail utopia1@ibm.net. 
     
Jesse Lemisch 890 West End Avenue, Apt 8-B New York, NY 10025 e-mail: 
utopia1@ibm.net 

Tuesday, January 12, 1999