The Prosecution of an American President

"its presentation is so unabashedly one-sided that the doc is problematic even when the facts and figures check out"

What is a problem with being one-sided as long as it's right? This is a documentary to detail the basis of a prosecution of a criminal and yes of course a prosecution would be one-sided. The other side received much more airplay on the media with it's constant barrage of lies for 8 years. So excuse the "one-sidedness" of just another 90 minutes or so coming from the other side.

The documentary strives to prove a point and it succeeds in that. The facts are indisputable. If the author wants balance perhaps he can create a documentary to prove the opposite. The problem is there are no facts to bear out that thesis. 

As for "enough of the legalese is either shaky sounding or impossible to prove that it's easy to call into question"

Perhaps it sounds "shaky" to an uninformed person but doing even some basic research confirms the legal grounds for the assertion. Perhaps the author needs to do some homework before coming to this conclusion.

I am amazed the Village Voice allows nonsense like this to be printed. It has gone downhill for sure in the past years.

In Michael's review of The Proseceution of an American President" he says the "legalese is impossible to prove".   Odd, I always thought it was the evidence that had to be proven out.   I assume he's speaking about the legal architecture when he says "legalese". 

It's from Title 18 Section 2 (b) of the United States Code which reads "Whoever wilfully CAUSES an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense against the United States is punishable as a principal".  How hard is that to understand, Michael?

Bush caused the unlawful killings of over 4,800 servicemen and servicewomen.  The killings were performed by the Iraqi's who were repelling an invader into their homeland.  But, Bush caused it to happen with his his blatant lies to Congress and the American people about the justification to go to war with Iraq.

Therefore Bush is punishable for murder.  There was NO lawful reason for the killings of our servicemen, because there was no WMD, no imminent threat, no connection to Al Queda or involvement with the 9-11 attack. 

The evidence proves that Bush was telling us the exact opposite of what his own intelligence was telling him.  How is Bush not culpable ?

See the movie.  Decide for yourself.  Let the Bush people come out with their own documentary about their justification for the Iraqi war if they want "balance".