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Jay Bybee, an author of the torture memos, has a lifetime appointment as a judge on the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals (the Western states). PDA is demonstrating for his impeachment this Thursday, May 28, at both California court houses:
THE JAMES R. BROWNING COURTHOUSE
95 7TH STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
THE RICHARD H. CHAMBERS COURTHOUSE
125 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE,
PASADENA, CA 91105
Both the San Francisco and Pasadena demos will be at 1:00PM.
Contacts:
San Francisco – Susan Harman susanharman1@gmail.com 510-482-2856
Pasadena – Sharon Tipton madebutante@yahoo.com 949-257-8501
We are demanding the House Judiciary Committee begin
impeachment proceedings against Bybee immediately.
PDA also has a petition calling for his
impeachment: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=12935991&PROCESS=Take+Action
We are joined in this effort by CodePink, World
Can’t Wait, the National Lawyers Guild, and more.
Susan Harman for
Accountability & Justice IOT
Progressive Democrats of America is a grassroots PAC that works both inside the Democratic Party and outside in movements for peace and justice. Our goal in 2009: Work with and increase the progressive majority in Congress as we build on our 2008 electoral successes. PDA’s advisory board includes seven members of Congress and activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Medea Benjamin, Thom Hartmann, Jim Hightower, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood.
