PRINTER'S NO. 1499
No. 106 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BELAN, EARLL, HELFRICK, SALVATORE, BRIGHTBILL,
TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, STOUT, ROBBINS, BODACK, KUKOVICH,
WOZNIAK, O'PAKE, RHOADES, MURPHY, TOMLINSON, FUMO, MELLOW,
SCHWARTZ, LEMMOND, STAPLETON, WHITE, GREENLEAF, MUSTO,
AFFLERBACH, KITCHEN, SLOCUM, MADIGAN, GERLACH, HART AND
WAGNER, NOVEMBER 24, 1997
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, NOVEMBER 24, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring December 15, 1997, as "Bill of Rights Day" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, All citizens of the United States have rights and
4 duties established by the Constitution of the United States and
5 its bylaws; and
6 WHEREAS, All citizens have the constitutionally guaranteed
7 right to express opinions on issues of personal importance; and
8 WHEREAS, Repeal of those rights has been threatened by
9 several uninformed individuals or groups; and
10 WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of the United States has
11 reaffirmed that all powers not given to Federal Government are
12 reserved to states; and
13 WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States is not a
14 collection of unrelated parts but rather a coordinated,
15 interrelated linkage of rights; and
16 WHEREAS, The Bill of Rights is the indivisible centerpiece of
1 the Constitution of the United States in that it states the
2 rights of all citizens; and
3 WHEREAS, The Bill of Rights should be honored in its
4 entirety; therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the Senate declare December 15, 1997, as "Bill
6 of Rights Day" in Pennsylvania.
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