'Impeach Obama' groups pop up on FacebookBarack Obama has not even been sworn in yet as the 44th president of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government.The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. but groups are springing up online calling for his impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. . On Facebook, an "Impeach To accuse; to charge a liability upon; to sue. To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as in to impeach a judgment or decree, or impeach a witness; or as used in the rule that a jury cannot impeach its verdict. Barack Obama" group has attracted more than 700 members and a lively debate about the Democrat's election victory on Tuesday over Republican John McCain For McCain's grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. and John S. McCain, Jr., respectively John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, war veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. . Another Facebook group of the same name has 160 members and urges others to join because "we might as well get a head start on the impeachment of Obama." "There are a lot of Americans out there that do not fully understand the concept of Socialism or Communism which is why they've elected Obama as president," it says. Yet another Facebook group, "Impeach Barack Hussein Obama," has 160 members. It decries that Obama "has voiced support for various unconstitutional unconstitutional adj. referring to a statute, governmental conduct, court decision or private contract (such as a covenant which purports to limit transfer of real property only to Caucasians) which violate one or more provisions of the U. S. Constitution. programs such as the assault weapons ban, universal healthcare, and various schemes for wealth distribution." "What are we going to do about it? IMPEACH HIM!" it says. Obama still has some way to go, however, to equal the number of "Impeach George Bush" groups on Facebook, which lists at least 95 such groups with varying membership. Obama is to be sworn into office on January 20, 2009. He will be the first African-American president of the United States. 
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