JOHN DEAN Congressman Kucinich's Impeachment Resolution, the Parallel to Nixon, and Why Even Nixon's Defenders Finally Abandoned Him With the House Judiciary Committee holding a hearing today on "Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations," FindLaw columnist and former counsel to the president John Dean contends that the Bush Administration's abuses of power are so extreme, they should cause not just Congressional Democrats -- like Dennis Kucinich, who has proposed an impeachment resolution -- but also Republicans to turn against the Administration. Dean draws a parallel to the crimes of President Nixon, explaining why and how Nixon's lying caused even his staunch supporters to change their minds in the end.

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