By C. Ellen Connally
Earlier this week I wrote an article entitled “Can Dennis Kucinich Keep on Ticking?” In that article I stated that “Kucinich was the sole Democrat to join Republicans to sign onto a bill that sought Obama’s impeachment.” That statement was a misrepresentation of the facts. It has since been corrected in the article here.
A more correct statement of the facts is that Kucinich voiced in numerous venues that he believed the President had committed impeachable offense as it relates to the United States bombing of Libya in March of 2011.
In media interviews with CBS, Fox News and other outlets, Kucinich reiterated that statement. Specifically, on March 21, 2011, Kucinich told CBS news that “it was an indisputable fact” that Obama had committed impeachable offenses. His position was voiced in articles in the Huffington Post as recently on Nov. 17, 2017. On July 13, 2017, the Daily Beast published an article entitled “Dennis Kucinich’s Campaign to Impeach Obama Over the Libya War.”
As reported in the Washington Post and available on court records, Kucinich joined with seven Republican and two Democrat members of House of Representatives in a lawsuit against President Obama on July 15, 2011. In an action entitled Dennis Kucinich vs Barack Obama filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Case No. 11-1096), Kucinich and the other plaintiffs allege multiple violations of the U.S. Constitution by the President relating to the bombing of Libya. Ultimately, Judge Reggie B. Walton granted a motion to dismiss the case, stating that Kucinich and his fellow plaintiffs, including Ron Paul, (R-Texas) failed to have standing to bring the action.
Hopefully this will set the record straight.
C. Ellen Connally is a retired judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court. From 2010 to 2014 she served as the President of the Cuyahoga County Council. An avid reader and student of American history, she serves on the Board of the Ohio History Connection, is currently vice president of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Commission and president of the Cleveland Civil War Round Table. She holds degrees from BGSU, CSU and is all but dissertation for a PhD from the University of Akron.