PRINTER'S NO. 2880
No. 516 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, BAKER, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BRENNAN,
CAUSER, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI,
EVERETT, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, KENNEY,
MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANTZ, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MOYER, MURT,
MUSTIO, NAILOR, PALLONE, PAYNE, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW,
REED, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SHIMKUS, S. H. SMITH,
R. STEVENSON, SWANGER, TURZAI, VULAKOVICH, WOJNAROSKI AND
YOUNGBLOOD, NOVEMBER 21, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 21, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of December 9 through 15, 2007, as "Bill of
2 Rights Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States, while being
4 an extraordinary map for self-government when it was first
5 drafted, did not contain a specific proclamation of the rights
6 of an individual; and
7 WHEREAS, In response to the Constitution's lack of such a
8 declaration, the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of
9 Rights, were ratified; and
10 WHEREAS, The Bill of Rights guarantees the most fundamental
11 individual freedoms of the American people and has been crucial
12 to the legal and political development of the United States; and
13 WHEREAS, The Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of
14 Pennsylvania also affirms and protects the inalienable rights
1 all citizens enjoy; and
2 WHEREAS, Students across this Commonwealth should be taught
3 about the importance and purpose of the rights declared by the
4 Federal and State Constitutions; therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
6 week of December 9 through 15, 2007, as "Bill of Rights Week" in
7 Pennsylvania and urge all people, especially students, to
8 reflect on the significance and effect of these declarations of
9 rights.
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