HR 112 (LSB 5718HH (4) 84)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 112

BY  ALONS, DE BOEF, SHAW, BRANDENBURG, MASSIE, SWEENEY, JORGENSEN, and WOLFE

A Resolution to preserve habeas corpus and civil liberties.

   WHEREAS, one of our most fundamental rights as American citizens is to be free from unreasonable detention without due process of law, a right afforded to us by our founding fathers and guaranteed to us by over two centuries of sacrifice by our men and women in the armed forces whom we daily recognize and honor; and
   WHEREAS, on behalf of the citizens of Iowa, the House of Representatives opposes any and all laws, regulations, and executive orders, which amount to an overreach of the federal government and which effectively take away civil liberties; and
   WHEREAS, in accordance with the Constitution of the State of Iowa, Article III, section 32, all members of the General Assembly are mandated to “support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Iowa,”; and
   WHEREAS, the members of the House of Representatives believe that any laws, regulations, or executive orders going against habeas corpus or the civil liberties of Iowa citizens granted under the Constitution of the United States and Bill of Rights are invalid and should not be recognized; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives urges the members of the United States Congress to resist any attempt to curtail or restrict the right of due process and the right to habeas corpus as guaranteed in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the United States and to repeal those provisions of the federal National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 which threaten those rights; and

   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States Department of Defense, and to members of the Iowa Congressional delegation.