A spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, said that Jackson Lee has investigated all evidence suggesting Saddam Hussein and any weapons of mass destruction he might possess could be a threat to the United States. However, she does not believe there is cause for war against Iraq. "I have thought long and hard about what is the right thing to do for my country ... and the only thing I am convinced of is war is not the answer," Jackson Lee was quoted as saying in a statement.
Many people just marched in solidarity and applaused enthusiastically when speakers offered quips, such as suggesting there is hypocrisy for the U.S. government to possess nuclear weapons but wage war against countries it feels would threaten America for possessing the same weapons.***
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Hippies, children of hippies and public school graduates. They're unable to think and reason with their brains filled with Marxist slogans and anti-American garbage.
Houston, TX
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Lawsuit by soldiers' parents, congressmen challenges Bush's authority to wage war on Iraq*** Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich., cited the passage from the U.S. Constitution that states, "Congress shall have power ... to declare war." "Get it? Only Congress," Conyers said at a news conference in Washington. Conyers, along with five other House members, military personnel and parents, filed the lawsuit Thursday seeking an immediate injunction. The suit claims that the October 2002 congressional resolution backing military action against Iraq did not specifically declare war and unlawfully ceded the decision to President Bush.
The congressional resolution states: "This joint resolution may be cited as the `Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq.'" U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro agreed to hold a hearing Feb. 20 on the injunction request.
John Bonifaz, the Boston lawyer who filed the lawsuit, said Bush is rushing to war without seeking approval or even a thorough debate by Congress. "The president is not a king," he said. "He does not have the power to wage war against another country absent a declaration of war from Congress." The other members of Congress named as plaintiffs are: Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio; Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill.; Jim McDermott, D-Wash.; Jose Serrano, D-N.Y.; and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas.
Other plaintiffs include a member of the Massachusetts National Guard who was recently activated, an Air Force reservist from Massachusetts, and a Marine stationed in the Persian Gulf, Bonifaz said. Their identities were not released. "I would imagine that they're aware the lawsuit is a very long shot, an extremely long shot," said Taylor Reveley, dean of the William and Mary School of Law and author of the book "War Powers of the President and Congress: Who Holds the Arrows and Olive Branch?" "But they're probably interested in doing anything they can to throw sand in the wheels of American military action in Iraq."***