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Dear Chairman Conyers: Prominent Constitutional law experts believe President Bush has engaged in at least, five categories of repeated, defiant “high crimes and misdemeanors”, which separately or together would allow Congress to subject the President to impeachment under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution. The sworn oath of members of Congress is to uphold…

WASHINGTON -DC— The coal mining disasters that have struck the nation in recent years are the logical outgrowth of a regulatory retreat by the Bush administration, according to a report released today by Ralph Nader’s Center for Study of Responsive Law. “Undermining Safety: A Report on Coal Mine Safety” by Christopher W. Shaw analyzes the…

Who is Ralph Nader? What has Ralph Nader done for society? What made Ralph Nader run for president? Why did General Motors, the most powerful corporation in the world, try to discredit him? Watch the broadcast of “An Unreasonable Man,” one of the most highly acclaimed political documentaries of the decade; on PBS’s Independent Lens…

STATEMENT BY RALPH NADERON LABOR DAY, AND AMERICAN WORKERS’ RIGHTSSeptember 3, 2007 This August marks the 60th anniversary of the Taft-Hartley Act, one of the great blows to American democracy, going into effect. The Act, which was drafted by employers, fundamentally infringed on workers’ human rights. Legally, Taft-Hartley:impeded employees’ right to join together in labor…

August 30, 2007 President George W. BushThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500 Dear President Bush, As you evaluate candidates to replace Alberto R. Gonzales as Attorney General it would be appropriate for you to consider all the things Mr. Gonzales has done that have tarnished the reputation of the Justice Department and undermined…

The loss of David Halberstam in a traffic collision in Menlo Park, California, deprived our country of a great reporter and a great man. His journalistic sweep, manifested through original writings in articles, books and interviews, came with a knowledge of historical roots to contemporary events. He went to where the stories, the people, the…

Ralph NaderRobert WeissmanP.O. Box 19312Washington, D.C. 20036 September 25, 2006 Chairman Christopher CoxSecurities and Exchange Commission100 F Street, NEWashington, DC 20549 Dear Chairman Cox, As you continue to investigate the Fannie Mae accounting debacle, we are writing to urge you to seek civil sanctions, including disgorgement, from senior executives who profited directly from the misconduct…

Your September 13, 2006 editorial “Earmark Showdown” correctly points out that Senator Tom Coburn’s (R., Okla.) Bill requiring the dollar amounts and recipients of all grants and earmarked contracts be placed in a publicly accessible database is an important step toward transparency. It is indeed the least that Congress should do. On January 6, 2000,…

September 15, 2006 President George W. BushThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500 Dear President Bush, We join with the thousands of Americans who are calling on you to intensify your efforts to end the slaughter in Darfur. This genocide unfolding before our eyes stands in danger of worsening drastically in coming weeks, if…

1. The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism by the legendary founder of the Vanguard mutual funds — John C. Bogle (Yale University Press, 2006). Hurling honesty and insight against the fraud and greed of mutual funds and the financial industry in general. He wants reforms. 2. The People’s Business — Controlling Corporations and Restoring…