Full Text of HR0870 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On January 15, 1867, the State of Illinois was one | 3 | | of
the first of 28 states to ratify the 14th Amendment;
on July | 4 | | 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was formally ratified to
the | 5 | | Constitution of the United States; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to all | 7 | | persons
born or naturalized in the United States; it prohibits | 8 | | states
from making or enforcing any law that abridges the | 9 | | privileges or
immunities of citizens of the United States; it | 10 | | prohibits
states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or | 11 | | property,
without the due process of law; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The 14th Amendment abolished the Three-Fifths | 13 | | Compromise, instead requiring
that all persons be counted as | 14 | | whole persons, regardless of
race; it prohibited former | 15 | | Confederacy civil and military
officials from holding state or | 16 | | federal office; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, These guarantees of the 14th Amendment are the | 18 | | bedrock
from which modern civil rights movements were born; the | 19 | | scope of the 14th Amendment continues to be heavily litigated | 20 | | in civil rights cases
in courts throughout the United States; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, To this day, African Americans still must overcome | 2 | | racism and discrimination perpetuated by institutions
and | 3 | | individuals; food insecurity, failing educational systems, | 4 | | health disparities, pay inequity, and poverty
| 5 | | disproportionately affect African Americans in the State of | 6 | | Illinois and throughout the nation; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The culture of racism persists through white
| 8 | | supremacists, neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and other groups of
| 9 | | hate, and the abhorrent speech and violence espoused by these
| 10 | | groups only serves to spread hate and divisions and further
| 11 | | hinders the progress that citizens of the United States have
| 12 | | made with civil rights; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Our great democracy thrives because of our | 14 | | diversity in
race, gender, faiths, sexual orientations, and | 15 | | political
beliefs; our nation was built by the labor and toil | 16 | | of persons
from many ethnic and racial backgrounds; therefore, | 17 | | be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the | 21 | | 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of | 22 | | America; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize not all citizens of this great
| 2 | | country experience the full guarantees of the 14th Amendment to
| 3 | | the Constitution of the United States; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That we condemn those who seek to dismantle the
| 5 | | foundational values of civil rights, equality, and freedom in
| 6 | | our State and nation.
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