Full Text of HR0931 96th General Assembly
HR0931 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States was written | 3 |
| and ratified to, in its own words, "provide for the common | 4 |
| defense"; and
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| WHEREAS, All of the rights granted by the American federal | 6 |
| government to individual men, women, and children, whether they | 7 |
| are American citizens on the one hand, or captured enemy | 8 |
| combatants on the other, stem from the Constitution of the | 9 |
| United States and its foundational purpose to provide for our | 10 |
| common defense; and
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| WHEREAS, Acts of terrorist war against the United States, | 12 |
| especially but not limited to the destruction of the World | 13 |
| Trade Center and a portion of the Pentagon headquarters of the | 14 |
| U.S. Department of Defense, on September 11, 2001, are not | 15 |
| criminal acts, and when non-U.S.-citizen enemy combatants are | 16 |
| accused of complicity in acts of this class, these acts should | 17 |
| be classified as attacks on the people of the United States, | 18 |
| rather than classified as criminal acts; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, The administration of President Barack Obama, | 20 |
| including the United States Department of Justice, appears to | 21 |
| believe that enemy combatants, taken into custody in the Global | 22 |
| War on Terror, who are not United States citizens, should enjoy |
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| rights that are equal, in all respects, to the rights enjoyed | 2 |
| by United States citizens; and
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| WHEREAS, The administration of President Barack Obama, | 4 |
| including the United States Department of Justice, appears to | 5 |
| believe that non-U.S.-citizen enemy combatants who are charged | 6 |
| with a terrorist act or acts against the United States, taken | 7 |
| into custody in the Global War on Terror, should be placed on | 8 |
| trial in criminal courts, and given rights equivalent to the | 9 |
| rights enjoyed by criminal defendants who are citizens of the | 10 |
| United States; and
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| WHEREAS, Rights enjoyed by citizens of the United States, | 12 |
| under the Constitution, include the right to be warned of their | 13 |
| right to remain silent ("Miranda warning"), the right to | 14 |
| confidential consultation with a court-appointed and | 15 |
| taxpayer-funded attorney, the right to be tried in a civilian | 16 |
| court of law, the right not to be subjected to harsh forms of | 17 |
| interrogation, and many other rights; and
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| WHEREAS, The rights enjoyed by citizens of the United | 19 |
| States in criminal trials impose a substantial fiscal impact | 20 |
| upon the budgets of the U.S. Department of Justice and its | 21 |
| allied agencies, which are expenses paid by U.S. taxpayers, | 22 |
| including the taxpayers of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| do not support granting, to non-citizen enemy combatants | 4 |
| accused of terrorist acts against the United States, and taken | 5 |
| into custody in the Global War on Terror, the Miranda rights | 6 |
| and other privileges of the Constitution enjoyed by citizens of | 7 |
| the United States of America; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we call upon the current Administration of | 9 |
| President Barack Obama and the U.S. Department of Justice to | 10 |
| re-examine and shift their positions on this extremely | 11 |
| important strategic issue; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we, the Illinois House of Representatives, | 13 |
| do not support placing non-citizen enemy combatants taken into | 14 |
| custody in the Global War on Terror on trial in criminal | 15 |
| courts; and be it further | 16 |
| RESOLVED, That we support efforts in Congress to enact | 17 |
| legislation to legally forbid civilian criminal charges | 18 |
| against, and trials for, persons charged with a terrorist act | 19 |
| or acts against the United States, with special reference to | 20 |
| the proposed trial of accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh | 21 |
| Mohammed; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we, the Illinois House of Representatives, |
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| do not support granting, to non-uniformed enemy combatants | 2 |
| taken into custody in the Global War on Terror, the rights | 3 |
| enjoyed by uniformed prisoners of war; and be it further | 4 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the Illinois House of Representatives, | 5 |
| believe that non-uniformed, non-U.S.-citizen enemy combatants | 6 |
| taken into custody in the Global War on Terror should be | 7 |
| subjected to military tribunals under procedures enacted by | 8 |
| law; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this Preamble and | 10 |
| Resolution be transmitted to the President of the United | 11 |
| States, the Attorney General of the United States, the United | 12 |
| States Secretary of Defense, the two United States Senators | 13 |
| from Illinois, and the Illinois delegation to the United States | 14 |
| House of Representatives.
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