A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE RESTORATION OF OUR INALIENABLE CIVIL RIGHTS GUARANTEED BY THE US AND STATE OF NEW MEXICO CONSTITUTIONS
WHEREAS: The County of Grant has legal existence under the laws of the State of New Mexico and recognition under the laws of the United States of America and the Constitutions of both entities,
And WHEREAS the Bill of Rights section of the United States Constitution and Article II of the Constitution of the State of New Mexico guarantee the citizens of Grant County, New Mexico protection of their INALIENABLE civil rights, including but not limited to freedom of speech, religion, association, counsel in all legal matters, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, the right to own and keep firearms, the right to petition government for redress of grievances, and other rights and freedoms not listed here,
And WHEREAS the provisions of the USA PATRIOT ACT and related EXECUTIVE ORDERS do violate, transgress upon, and deprive our citizens of rights granted to us by the wisdom on our forebears: to wit:
The USA PATRIOT ACT allows the government to covertly access sensitive medical, mental health, financial, and educational records about our loyal and patriotic citizens in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article II, section 10 of the Constitution of the State of New Mexico, and;
The USA PATRIOT ACT allows the government to engage in covert telephone and internet surveillance without any showing of probable cause or wrongdoing, without the sanction of any court of competent jurisdiction again violating the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article II, Section 10 of the State of New Mexico, and;
The USA PATRIOT ACT allows officers of some branches of the federal or state government to burglarize any home or business without a search warrant and remove, copy, exchange, or inset whatever they see fit without informing the person or business of the massive abrogation of their supposedly INALIENABLE civil rights; expands government authority to obtain library and bookstore records (violation the Fourth Amendment) while prohibiting librarians and bookstore employees from informing patron of covert monitoring (violating the First Amendment).
Under the USA PATRIOT ACT and RELATED EXECUTIVE ORDERS the government has executed secret arrests of persons for unspecified acts, held these prisoners in secrecy even from their own families without charges and without legal counsel at undisclosed locations under conditions of extreme discomfort and mental distress for indefinite periods of time. Freedom of Information requests for even the names of these prisoners have been denied. These activities constitute a violation and outrage of the INALIENABLE CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES of every citizen.
And WHEREAS, the imposition of the above cited infringements upon the INALIENABLE civil rights and liberties of all of Grant County's and our country's citizens has emboldened the US Dept. of Justice to draft and propose even more dangerous and far-reaching legislation known as PATRIOT II which will, if enacted, allow the government to strip away American citizenship from innocent and loyal and patriotic citizens who donate money to organization that are dubiously an later declared to be ""terrorist"". These non-citizens would then be held in prison indefinitely and deported. These autocratic and illegal activities constitute an outrage and heinous violation of the INALIENABLE civil rights and liberties of all our citizens guaranteed by the Constitutions of our State an our Nation, wherefore:
BE IT RESOLVED that this Grant County Commission affirms its collective Oath of Office with its commitment to uphold and defend the Constitutions of the State of new Mexico and the United States of America and its strong opposition to any criminal acts and terrorism, but also affirms that our national effort in common to defeat terrorism must not be used as a pretext to destroy and ruin the INALIENABLE civil rights and liberties of the citizens of Grant County, New Mexico and the Constitution of the United States of America.
And be it further resolved, that the County of Grant and the loyal and patriotic Americans who live in out quiet and peaceful area call upon all officeholders on every governmental level of whatever political party to restore out INALIENABLE civil rights and liberties without delay, to study the US Bill of Rights and respect the INALIENABLE civil rights and liberties we all enjoy that have been bought and paid for by so much blood shed from our loyal patriotic soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines both male and females and of all colors and religious persuasions.
And by this resolution the Grant County Commission directs our County Clerk to send copies of this resolution to Mr. Stevan Pearce in the US Congress, US Senators Bingaman and Domemici, St. Rep. Manuel Herrara, St. Sen. Ben Altamirano, and Gov. Bill Richardson.
Enacted and signed this 9th day of October, 2003 AD.