People V. Bush
People V. Bush
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Author(s): Dennett, Charlotte
ISBN No.: 9781603582711
Pages: 296
Year: 201001
Format: E-Book
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When journalist-turned-lawyer Charlotte Dennett became outraged that Bush White House officials were acting above the law, she did something that surprised even herself. She ran for a state attorney general seat on a platform to prosecute George W. Bush for murder. She lost the race, but found a movementone that continues its quest to hold leaders accountable to U.S. law and preserve a Constitutional presidency.In The People v. Bush, Dennett recounts her seminal effort to prosecute the former president, introduces readers to a world where the actions of a few can indeed empower the many, and reports on the current state of the movement to hold Bush accountable for high crimes and misdemeanors.


Dennetts wild ride through politics began when she read The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder by lawyer Vincent Bugliosi (best known for his prosecution of Charles Manson). In it, Bugliosi stated that one path to prosecuting George W. Bush could be taken by a state attorney generalshould one take up the cause. Soon after, Dennett launched her attorney-general race in Vermonta state known as much for its progressive edge as its pioneering spiritsigned up Bugliosi as her special prosecutor in the event that she won, and together the two made headlines across Vermont and the nation for changing the face of American grassroots democracy.Dennetts book also explores the political triumphs of other Vermonters such as Kurt Daims, who imagined, with two human rights lawyers, Bushs arrest should he enter the town of Brattleboro; Dan DeWalt, who launched a call for impeachment in thirty-six towns; and Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, who received wide supportbut also criticismfor his 9/11 Truth Commission. With these stories and her own, Dennett shows that its not just possible but necessary to hold higher-ups responsible for heinous actsnot out of revenge, but to preserve justice.