Alaska Native Brotherhood
Camp #5, Resolution #06-01
MAINTAINING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States of America was approved in 1787, by duly elected representatives to protect and insure the rights of the people;
WHEREAS, the Alaska Native Brotherhood, the State of Alaska, the State of California, the State of Colorado, the State of Hawaii, the State of Idaho, the State of Maine, the State of Montana, the State of Vermont, and 400 other municipalities across America have passed resolutions that state that the USA PATRIOT Act violates the rights and liberties guaranteed under our State and Federal Constitutions;
WHEREAS, that the Alaska Native Brotherhood opposes any future electronic surveillance inside the United States by any U.S. government agency for foreign intelligence purposes that does not comply with the provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et. seq. (FISA);
WHEREAS, the Alaska Native Brotherhood, cannot and will not support the violation of Constitutional Rights, specifically the attack on the right to Habeas Corpus, a basic civil right that predates the Constitution of the USA;
WHEREAS the Alaska Native Brotherhood, will not support any legislation that creates an ominously broad definition of “enemy combatant” that means that almost anyone who actively opposes the President or the Government could be locked up indefinitely without due process of law;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska Native Brotherhood calls
upon the President to abide by the limitations which the Constitution
imposes on a president and our system of checks and balances and respect
the essential roles of the Congress and the judicial branch in ensuring
that our national security is protected in a manner consistent with
Constitutional guarantees:
and the Alaska Native Brotherhood urges the Congress to thoroughly
review and make recommendations concerning the intelligence oversight
process, and urges the President to ensure that the House and Senate
and fully and currently informed of all intelligence operations as
required by the National Security Act of 1947;
and the Alaska Native Brotherhood urges the Congress to ensure that
all proceedings are open to the public and conducted in a fashion
that will provide a clear and credible account to the people of the
United States, except to the extent the Congress determines that any
portions of such proceedings must be closed to prevent the disclosure
of classified or other protected information.