[CIMC-work] FW: SUPPORT CHICAGO RESOLUTION DENOUNCING PATRIOT ACT!!!
Elizabeth Fraser
ehf at bookbeast.com
Thu, 1 May 2003 00:11:04 -0500
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I forgot the policy on this--does Chicago Indymedia make endorsements?
If so, how about this. -- Elizabeth
-----Original Message-----
CHICAGOLAND COALITION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS ASKS YOUR SUPPORT
FOR A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION UPHOLDING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
Dear friend of civil liberties:
Since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, an avalanche of
repressive
laws, executive orders and court decisions have severely endangered our
civil liberties in the name of the "war on terrorism." However, while
the
government has a right and a responsibility to protect public safety, it
should be kept in mind that the movement towards curbing civil rights
began
well before September 11, 2001. A critical step in curbing civil rights
was
the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, which was
enacted in the aftermath of the Oklahoma bombing.
Many of the more recent measures, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the
Homeland Security Act and others represent the greatest threats to the
First Amendment, due process and other constitutional rights that we
have
seen in many decades. And the Ashcroft Justice Department has not
finished;
it is about to introduce more legislation, originally titled the
Domestic
Security Enhancement Act of 2003, which will strike hammer blows against
our rights, going so far as to make it possible for the government to
revoke the US citizenship of both born and naturalized citizens under
some
circumstances.
To respond to this threat, more than 90 city and town councils and
boards
around the country have passed resolutions calling for the offending
legislation and policy directives to be repealed or reversed. You can
read
the text of all of these resolutions on the Internet at
http://www.bordc.org/Successes.htm.
In Chicago, long term defenders of civil and constitutional rights have
come together to advance this fight. We have formed the CHICAGOLAND
COALITION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS. Initial member organizations
are
the American Civil Liberties Union-Illinois Chapter, The Chicago
Committee
to Defend the Bill of Rights, the National Lawyers Guild-Chicago
Chapter,
the Clarence Darrow Commission for First Amendment Freedoms of the
Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, the Muslim Civil Rights Center, and
the
Loyola University Campus Greens Organization. This new entity has
undertaken the task of getting the Chicago City Council and cities in
the
Chicago suburbs to pass a resolution on civil liberties, which follows
below:
WILL YOU JOIN US? Please e-mail us back if you or your organization
are
willing to join in this effort, or call (312) 939-0675 for more
information, or fax to (312) 939-7867.
My organization would like to be part of the Chicagoland Coalition for
Civil Liberties and Rights, and ENDORSES the above resolution:
Name of organization__________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________________
Telephone_______________________Fax ______________email______________
Contact Person____________________Title________________________________
My organization does not wish to join the Chicagoland Coalition at this
time, but does endorse the resolution, and authorized you to list us as
doing so
Name of organization__________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________________
Telephone_______________________Fax ______________email______________
Contact Person____________________Title________________________________
WILL YOU HOST US?
For the City of Chicago:
We would like to hold a community forum or town meeting in your ward
about
this proposed resolution. Can you help us set this up? Email us or call
Emile Schepers, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, (1325 S.
Wabash, Suite 105, Chicago Il. 60605) to discuss possibilities.
WILL YOU HELP US FINANCIALLY? Your voluntary contribution of $25 (or
more if you can afford it) will help us cover the expenses of printing,
mailing and organizing community forums. Make checks payable to the
Chicago
Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, and send them to the above
address.
For Chicago Suburbs:
We would like to hold a community forum or town meeting in your area
about
this proposed resolution. Can you help us set this up? Email or call
Ahmed
Tansheet, Muslim Civil Rights Center, (7667 W. 95th Street, Suite 8E ~
Hickory Hills ~ Illinois 60457 cdbr@mcrcnet.org) to discuss
possibilities.
WILL YOU HELP US FINANCIALLY? Your voluntary contribution of $25 (or
more if you can afford it) will help us cover the expenses of printing,
mailing and organizing community forums. Make checks payable to the
Muslim
Civil Rights Center, and send them to the above address.
A RESOLUTION ON THE USA PATRIOT ACT FOR CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS the City of Chicago recognizes the Constitution of the United
States of America to be the supreme law of the land, and
WHEREAS the U.S. and Illinois constitutions both protect freedom of
religion, speech, press and assembly, as well as the right to due
process
in all legal proceedings, and
WHEREAS our long held standards of personal liberty and limited
government
require that these rights be strictly observed by all government
officials
and bodies, and
WHEREAS it is vitally necessary to protect our nation and city against
terrorism, and
WHEREAS the means used to fight terrorism, like those used to combat
other
crimes, must not be allowed to infringe on basic free expression and due
process rights, and
WHEREAS the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 contains many provisions which
infringe
on our basic rights as U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and
nonimmigrant
residents of Chicago, and
WHEREAS the USA PATRIOT Act includes an impermissible broadening of the
definition of terrorism to include many actions that are not terrorism
but
might take place in forms of legitimate protests such as demonstrations
and
strikes, and
WHEREAS the USA PATRIOT Act also contains measures which marginalize
judicial review and give the executive branch of the federal government
dangerous power to eavesdrop on telephone and Internet communications,
to
monitor reading habits, to detain and deport non-citizens without
traditional due process, and to carry out surreptitious searches of
homes
and offices on the basis of secret warrants issued by the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act court, and
WHEREAS Title II of the 2002 Homeland Security Act creates a Directorate
of
Information, Analysis and Infrastructure Protection with a broad mandate
to
(a) compile and integrate information from government and private
sources
with the aim of establishing vast, centralized data-bases on virtually
everyone the United States, and (b) share these data with multiple
government agencies without sufficient controls to protect civil
liberties
and privacy, and
WHEREAS, despite the already massive curtailment of civil liberties in
the
USA PATRIOT Act, the U.S. Department of Justice is now considering
legislation tentatively named the DOMESTIC SECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF
2003, which contains even more threats to fundamental rights, including
stripping born and naturalized citizens of their United States
citizenship
on the basis of even non-violent political activities and associations,
and
WHEREAS the President of the United States has claimed an unlimited
authority to declare anyone in the world, including any U.S. citizen, an
"enemy combatant," thereby depriving that person of all procedural
rights
without possibility of challenge and for the indeterminate duration of
the
"war on terrorism," and
WHEREAS the federal government has been carrying out large-scale
roundups
and interrogations of people from certain countries without regard to
due
process but turning up little or no information useful to criminal
investigations, and
WHEREAS the City of Chicago recognizes that the aforementioned measures
represent a serious danger to our civil liberties and to the principle
of
checks and balances and separation of powers enshrined in the US
Constitution, as well as being unnecessary and even counterproductive in
the fight against terrorism, and
WHEREAS the City of Chicago recognizes that such infringements on our
constitutional rights, by any government employee or official body
acting
under color of law, represent a breach of public trust, a
misappropriation
of public resources, a violation of civil rights and are thereby
impermissible under the federal and state constitutions,
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED that the City of Chicago reasserts its
commitment
to the punctilious protection of First Amendment and due process rights
of
all persons in the city, whether United States citizens or not, and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Chicago including the Department
of
Police and all other bodies and individuals acting under color of City
of
Chicago Authority will refrain from violating these rights, and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Chicago joins communities
throughout the United States of America in expressing its concern about
those measures, including but not confined to the USA PATRIOT Act and
the
projected Domestic Security Enhancement Act, and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, and it is the policy of the City of Chicago in
the
absence of probable cause of criminal activity to forbid any individual
or
agency from
1. Participation or cooperation in any inquiry, investigation
surveillance,
or detention; and
2. The recording, filing, and sharing of any intelligence information
concerning any person or organization, even if authorized by federal law
enforcement authorities under the terms of the USA PATRIOT Act, the
Homeland Security Act, the projected Domestic Security Enhancement Act
or
Executive orders: this includes the collection and review of library
lending and research records, as well as book and video store sales and
rental records; and
3. The retention of intelligence information: information currently held
by
bodies or persons acting under color of City of Chicago corporate
authority
shall be reviewed by a specially appointed independent outside entity to
ascertain whether it relates to a criminal investigation and was
collected
on adequate bases of "probable cause", and if the information does not
meet
this constitutional test, persons and organizations whose activities
were
the subject of the surveillance involved will have the right to inspect
the
material, which will thereafter be permanently disposed of; and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chicago Police Department will not
voluntarily participate in the enforcement of immigration matters, which
are entirely the responsibility of the federal government; no city
service
will be denied on the basis of immigration status; and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that no city official or agency will participate
in
profiling based on race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship or immigration
status, or political values or constitutionally protected political
activities, and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that any state, county or federal law enforcement
agencies or agents working in the City of Chicago be required to comply
with the terms of this resolution, and that they submit a regular
report,
involving precise information about persons detained and held in the
Chicago area, or Chicago residents held elsewhere, to the City of
Chicago,
which shall make this information available to the public, and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Chicago encourages all
inhabitants
of Chicago to refuse to cooperate with activities that would violate the
First Amendment, due process, and other constitutional rights, and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Chicago calls upon the Illinois
Congressional delegation to work for the REPEAL of the USA PATRIOT act
and
the Homeland Security Act, and the defeat of the proposed Domestic
Security
Enhancement Act of 2003, and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Chicago calls upon the U.S.
Congress and courts to strike down the abuse of Presidential power
embodied
in the "enemy combatant" designation, and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk communicate this resolution
to
all city departments, to the governor and the Attorney General of the
State
of Illinois, to the President and the Attorney General of the United
States
of America, and to the public, and
IT IS FINALLY RESOLVED that this resolution shall be severable if any
phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this resolution is declared by
a
court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the Constitution of
the
United States of America or the State of Illinois. If the applicability
thereof to any agency, person or circumstances is held invalid, the
validity of the remainder of this resolution and the applicability
thereof
to any other agency, person or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT=20
face=3Darial,helvetica>
<P align=3Dcenter><FONT size=3D3><B><I>CHICAGOLAND COALITION FOR CIVIL =
LIBERTIES AND=20
RIGHTS ASKS YOUR SUPPORT FOR A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION UPHOLDING =
CONSTITUTIONAL=20
RIGHTS</FONT><FONT lang=3D0 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2=20
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"></B></I> <BR>
<P align=3Dleft><BR>Dear friend of civil liberties: <BR> =
<BR>Since=20
the tragic events of September 11, 2001, an avalanche of repressive =
<BR>laws,=20
executive orders and court decisions have severely endangered our =
<BR>civil=20
liberties in the name of the "war on terrorism." However, while the=20
<BR>government has a right and a responsibility to protect public =
safety, it=20
<BR>should be kept in mind that the movement towards curbing civil =
rights began=20
<BR>well before September 11, 2001. A critical step in curbing civil =
rights was=20
<BR>the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, which was =
<BR>enacted in the aftermath of the Oklahoma bombing. <BR><BR>Many of =
the more=20
recent measures, including the USA PATRIOT Act, the <BR>Homeland =
Security Act=20
and others represent the greatest threats to the <BR>First Amendment, =
due=20
process and other constitutional rights that we have <BR>seen in many =
decades.=20
And the Ashcroft Justice Department has not finished; <BR>it is about to =
introduce more legislation, originally titled the Domestic <BR>Security=20
Enhancement Act of 2003, which will strike hammer blows against <BR>our =
rights,=20
going so far as to make it possible for the government to <BR>revoke the =
US=20
citizenship of both born and naturalized citizens under some =
<BR>circumstances.=20
<BR><BR>To respond to this threat, more than 90 city and town councils =
and=20
boards <BR>around the country have passed resolutions calling for the =
offending=20
<BR>legislation and policy directives to be repealed or reversed. You =
can read=20
<BR>the text of all of these resolutions on the Internet at=20
<BR>http://www.bordc.org/Successes.htm. <BR><BR>In Chicago, long term =
defenders=20
of civil and constitutional rights have <BR>come together to advance =
this fight.=20
We have formed the CHICAGOLAND <BR>COALITION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES =
AND=20
RIGHTS. Initial member organizations are <BR>the American Civil =
Liberties=20
Union-Illinois Chapter, The Chicago Committee <BR>to Defend the Bill of =
Rights,=20
the National Lawyers Guild-Chicago Chapter, <BR>the Clarence Darrow =
Commission=20
for First Amendment Freedoms of the <BR>Unitarian-Universalist =
Fellowship, the=20
Muslim Civil Rights Center, and the <BR>Loyola University Campus Greens=20
Organization. This new entity has <BR>undertaken the task of =
getting the=20
Chicago City Council and cities in the <BR>Chicago suburbs to pass =
a=20
resolution on civil liberties, which follows below: <BR><BR>WILL YOU =
JOIN US?=20
Please e-mail us back if you or your organization are =
<BR>willing to=20
join in this effort, or call (312) 939-0675 for more information, or fax =
to=20
(312) 939-7867. <BR><BR>My organization would like to be part of the =
Chicagoland=20
Coalition for <BR>Civil Liberties and Rights, and ENDORSES the above =
resolution:=20
<BR>Name of =
organization__________________________________________________=20
<BR>Address_____________________________________________________________ =
<BR>Telephone_______________________Fax =
______________email______________=20
<BR>Contact =
Person____________________Title________________________________=20
<BR><BR>My organization does not wish to join the Chicagoland Coalition =
at this=20
<BR>time, but does endorse the resolution, and authorized you to list us =
as=20
<BR>doing so <BR>Name of=20
organization__________________________________________________=20
<BR>Address_____________________________________________________________ =
<BR>Telephone_______________________Fax =
______________email______________=20
<BR>Contact =
Person____________________Title________________________________=20
<BR><BR>WILL YOU HOST US? <BR> <BR>For the City of Chicago: <BR>We =
would=20
like to hold a community forum or town meeting in your ward about =
<BR>this=20
proposed resolution. Can you help us set this up? Email us or call =
<BR>Emile Schepers, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, =
(1325 S.=20
<BR>Wabash, Suite 105, Chicago Il. 60605) to discuss possibilities. =
<BR><BR>WILL=20
YOU HELP US FINANCIALLY? Your voluntary contribution =
of $25=20
(or <BR>more if you can afford it) will help us cover the expenses of =
printing,=20
<BR>mailing and organizing community forums. Make checks payable to the =
Chicago=20
<BR>Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, and send them to the above =
address.=20
<BR> <BR>For Chicago Suburbs: <BR>We would like to hold a =
community=20
forum or town meeting in your area about <BR>this proposed resolution. =
Can=20
you help us set this up? Email or call Ahmed <BR>Tansheet, Muslim Civil =
Rights=20
Center, (7667 W. 95th Street, Suite 8E ~ <BR>Hickory Hills ~ Illinois =
60457=20
cdbr@mcrcnet.org) to discuss possibilities. <BR> <BR>WILL YOU HELP =
US=20
FINANCIALLY? Your voluntary contribution of $25 (or =
<BR>more=20
if you can afford it) will help us cover the expenses of printing, =
<BR>mailing=20
and organizing community forums. Make checks payable to the Muslim =
<BR>Civil=20
Rights Center, and send them to the above address. <BR><BR><BR><B>A =
RESOLUTION=20
ON THE USA PATRIOT ACT FOR CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL</B> <BR><BR>WHEREAS the =
City of=20
Chicago recognizes the Constitution of the United <BR>States of America =
to be=20
the supreme law of the land, and <BR><BR>WHEREAS the U.S. and Illinois=20
constitutions both protect freedom of <BR>religion, speech, press and =
assembly,=20
as well as the right to due process <BR>in all legal proceedings, and=20
<BR><BR>WHEREAS our long held standards of personal liberty and limited=20
government <BR>require that these rights be strictly observed by all =
government=20
officials <BR>and bodies, and <BR><BR>WHEREAS it is vitally necessary to =
protect=20
our nation and city against <BR>terrorism, and <BR><BR>WHEREAS the means =
used to=20
fight terrorism, like those used to combat other <BR>crimes, must not be =
allowed=20
to infringe on basic free expression and due <BR>process rights, and=20
<BR><BR>WHEREAS the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 contains many provisions =
which=20
infringe <BR>on our basic rights as U.S. citizens, permanent residents, =
and=20
nonimmigrant <BR>residents of Chicago, and <BR><BR>WHEREAS the USA =
PATRIOT Act=20
includes an impermissible broadening of the <BR>definition of terrorism =
to=20
include many actions that are not terrorism but <BR>might take place in =
forms of=20
legitimate protests such as demonstrations and <BR>strikes, and =
<BR><BR>WHEREAS=20
the USA PATRIOT Act also contains measures which marginalize =
<BR>judicial review=20
and give the executive branch of the federal government <BR>dangerous =
power to=20
eavesdrop on telephone and Internet communications, to <BR>monitor =
reading=20
habits, to detain and deport non-citizens without <BR>traditional due =
process,=20
and to carry out surreptitious searches of homes <BR>and offices on the =
basis of=20
secret warrants issued by the Foreign <BR>Intelligence Surveillance Act =
court,=20
and <BR><BR>WHEREAS Title II of the 2002 Homeland Security Act creates a =
Directorate of <BR>Information, Analysis and Infrastructure Protection =
with a=20
broad mandate to <BR>(a) compile and integrate information from =
government and=20
private sources <BR>with the aim of establishing vast, centralized =
data-bases on=20
virtually <BR>everyone the United States, and (b) share these data with =
multiple=20
<BR>government agencies without sufficient controls to protect civil =
liberties=20
<BR>and privacy, and <BR><BR>WHEREAS, despite the already massive =
curtailment of=20
civil liberties in the <BR>USA PATRIOT Act, the U.S. Department of =
Justice is=20
now considering <BR>legislation tentatively named the DOMESTIC SECURITY=20
ENHANCEMENT ACT OF <BR>2003, which contains even more threats to =
fundamental=20
rights, including <BR>stripping born and naturalized citizens of their =
United=20
States citizenship <BR>on the basis of even non-violent political =
activities and=20
associations, and <BR><BR>WHEREAS the President of the United States has =
claimed=20
an unlimited <BR>authority to declare anyone in the world, including any =
U.S.=20
citizen, an <BR>"enemy combatant," thereby depriving that person of all=20
procedural rights <BR>without possibility of challenge and for the =
indeterminate=20
duration of the <BR>"war on terrorism," and <BR><BR>WHEREAS the federal=20
government has been carrying out large-scale roundups <BR>and =
interrogations of=20
people from certain countries without regard to due <BR>process but =
turning up=20
little or no information useful to criminal <BR>investigations, and=20
<BR><BR>WHEREAS the City of Chicago recognizes that the aforementioned =
measures=20
<BR>represent a serious danger to our civil liberties and to the =
principle of=20
<BR>checks and balances and separation of powers enshrined in the US=20
<BR>Constitution, as well as being unnecessary and even =
counterproductive in=20
<BR>the fight against terrorism, and <BR><BR>WHEREAS the City of Chicago =
recognizes that such infringements on our <BR>constitutional rights, by =
any=20
government employee or official body acting <BR>under color of law, =
represent a=20
breach of public trust, a misappropriation <BR>of public resources, a =
violation=20
of civil rights and are thereby <BR>impermissible under the federal and =
state=20
constitutions, <BR><BR>IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED that the City of Chicago =
reasserts its commitment <BR>to the punctilious protection of First =
Amendment=20
and due process rights of <BR>all persons in the city, whether United =
States=20
citizens or not, and <BR><BR>IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of =
Chicago=20
including the Department of <BR>Police and all other bodies and =
individuals=20
acting under color of City of <BR>Chicago Authority will refrain from =
violating=20
these rights, and <BR><BR>IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of =
Chicago joins=20
communities <BR>throughout the United States of America in expressing =
its=20
concern about <BR>those measures, including but not confined to the USA =
PATRIOT=20
Act and the <BR>projected Domestic Security Enhancement Act, and =
<BR><BR>IT IS=20
FURTHER RESOLVED, and it is the policy of the City of Chicago in the =
<BR>absence=20
of probable cause of criminal activity to forbid any individual or =
<BR>agency=20
from <BR><BR>1. Participation or cooperation in any inquiry, =
investigation=20
surveillance, <BR>or detention; and <BR><BR>2. The recording, filing, =
and=20
sharing of any intelligence information <BR>concerning any person or=20
organization, even if authorized by federal law <BR>enforcement =
authorities=20
under the terms of the USA PATRIOT Act, the <BR>Homeland Security Act, =
the=20
projected Domestic Security Enhancement Act or <BR>Executive orders: =
this=20
includes the collection and review of library <BR>lending and research =
records,=20
as well as book and video store sales and <BR>rental records; and =
<BR><BR>3. The=20
retention of intelligence information: information currently held by =
<BR>bodies=20
or persons acting under color of City of Chicago corporate authority =
<BR>shall=20
be reviewed by a specially appointed independent outside entity to =
<BR>ascertain=20
whether it relates to a criminal investigation and was collected <BR>on =
adequate=20
bases of "probable cause", and if the information does not meet <BR>this =
constitutional test, persons and organizations whose activities were =
<BR>the=20
subject of the surveillance involved will have the right to inspect the=20
<BR>material, which will thereafter be permanently disposed of; and =
<BR><BR>IT=20
IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chicago Police Department will not =
<BR>voluntarily=20
participate in the enforcement of immigration matters, which <BR>are =
entirely=20
the responsibility of the federal government; no city service <BR>will =
be denied=20
on the basis of immigration status; and <BR><BR>IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED =
that no=20
city official or agency will participate in <BR>profiling based on race, =
ethnicity, religion, citizenship or immigration <BR>status, or political =
values=20
or constitutionally protected political <BR>activities, and <BR><BR>IT =
IS=20
FURTHER RESOLVED that any state, county or federal law enforcement =
<BR>agencies=20
or agents working in the City of Chicago be required to comply <BR>with =
the=20
terms of this resolution, and that they submit a regular report, =
<BR>involving=20
precise information about persons detained and held in the <BR>Chicago =
area, or=20
Chicago residents held elsewhere, to the City of Chicago, <BR>which =
shall make=20
this information available to the public, and <BR><BR>IT IS FURTHER =
RESOLVED=20
that the City of Chicago encourages all inhabitants <BR>of Chicago to =
refuse to=20
cooperate with activities that would violate the <BR>First Amendment, =
due=20
process, and other constitutional rights, and <BR><BR>IT IS FURTHER =
RESOLVED=20
that the City of Chicago calls upon the Illinois <BR>Congressional =
delegation to=20
work for the REPEAL of the USA PATRIOT act and <BR>the Homeland Security =
Act,=20
and the defeat of the proposed Domestic Security <BR>Enhancement Act of =
2003,=20
and <BR><BR>IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Chicago calls upon =
the U.S.=20
<BR>Congress and courts to strike down the abuse of Presidential power =
embodied=20
<BR>in the "enemy combatant" designation, and <BR><BR>IT IS FURTHER =
RESOLVED=20
that the City Clerk communicate this resolution to <BR>all city =
departments, to=20
the governor and the Attorney General of the State <BR>of Illinois, to =
the=20
President and the Attorney General of the United States <BR>of America, =
and to=20
the public, and <BR><BR>IT IS FINALLY RESOLVED that this resolution =
shall be=20
severable if any <BR>phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this =
resolution is=20
declared by a <BR>court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the=20
Constitution of the <BR>United States of America or the State of =
Illinois. If=20
the applicability <BR>thereof to any agency, person or circumstances is =
held=20
invalid, the <BR>validity of the remainder of this resolution and the=20
applicability thereof <BR>to any other agency, person or circumstances =
shall not=20
be affected thereby. <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
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