Signatures have been verified for the following resolution, which will appear as an article on the May 2026 Annual Town Meeting warrant:
CITIZEN PETITION FOR 2026 IPSWICH ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Article #: Requested by: Gordon Harris, Town Historian
To see if the Town will adopt the following resolution, viz:
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE TOWN OF IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS, REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND CALLING UPON CONGRESS TO EXERCISE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the Town of Ipswich is known as the “Birthplace of American Independence,” and that the principles articulated by the Rev. John Wise of Ipswich in 1700 — that “the end of all good government is to cultivate the good of every man in all his rights, life, liberty, and estate without injury or abuse done to any,”— informed the authors of the Declaration of Independence;
WHEREAS, in the judgment of this assembled Town Meeting, the sitting President of the United States has shown disdain for the Constitution’s guarantees of freedom of speech, press, peaceful assembly, and birthright citizenship by depriving persons of life, property, and liberty without due process of law;
WHEREAS, this Town Meeting further finds that the President of the United States has failed to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, including (a) not adhering to the separation of powers as embodied in the Constitution, (b) directing military actions that are in apparent violation of the War Powers Act and the rule of law, (c) accepting gifts in violation of the Emoluments Clauses of the United States Constitution, and (d) violating the Posse Comitatus Act through the use of the military against the civilian population;
WHEREAS, in the words of the 1774 Ipswich Convention to Consider the Late Acts of Parliament, “We hold our liberties too dear to be sported with, and are therefore most seriously determined to defend them;” now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED:
That this duly assembled Town Meeting, as the legislative body of the Town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, respectfully calls upon the Congress of the United States to fully exercise its constitutional duty of oversight and authority, including, but not limited to, the power to impeach and remove the sitting President of the United States.
Historic Ipswich 