The diary from devilstower complaining that the mainstream media are not adequately covering Vice President Cheney's recent declaration that his office is not subject to federal law regarding document disclosure and classification cries out for an intermediate step.
How can we advocates of the rule of law advance the debate on the willful violations of this basic principles by Vice President Cheney to move towards a consensus to solve the problem, by impeachment or other means?
First we need to organize around defining the problem. Impeachment is a solution to the problem, and therefore premature for people who haven't yet agreed that there is a problem to solve.
How can we organize around coming to a consensus on the existence of a problem? Lots of ways.
Funders can invest in a discussion tour with debates on college campuses (particularly those in light red districts) between advocates and/or professors that debates a question like "Resolved: The Office of the Vice President should be required to comply with all federal disclosure laws".
Organizations can encourage their student chapters to put on these debates (or send over a micro-grant of $500 per chapter if they can pull off a debate like that).
A firm can work with newspapers (again, particularly in light red districts) to generate an op-ed debate between columnists or local elected officials on the same topic as a point / counter-point on the question whether the Office of the Vice-President should be required to comply with all declassification and disclosure requirements.
Representative Emanuel's recent amendment cutting all executive branch funding for the Office of the Vice President (in reaction to the Office's legal opinion that they are not a member of the Executive Branch for purposes of complying with Executive Branch disclosure laws) is another great jumping-off point. Debates on college campuses or op-eds or even a speaking tour could debate the question: "Resolved: The Office of the Vice President is part of the Executive Branch."
Law schools are great forums for these debates, as law professors love to participate in these meaty topics.
The American Constitution Society could and should take the lead on organizing debates on this topic -- and then get dueling op-eds published in the local newspaper or on public radio.
The bottom line: we should work on convincing red-leaning voters that Cheney's actions are a problem. The solution will flow inevitably after we successfully build a consensus on the existence of a problem.