<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>memorializing the President of the United States and Congress to review the FBI <br/>
<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>raids on Minnesota activists.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, a number of Minnesotans were issued subpoenas to appear before a grand jury <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>in Chicago in October; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>WHEREAS, these Minnesotans have not been arrested or charged with any crime; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>WHEREAS, four of these Minnesotans are American Federation of State, County and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Municipal Employees members in good standing in the union; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>WHEREAS, FBI spokespersons have stated that the raids were prompted by the activities <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>of the four union members, and other individuals subject to the same raids; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>WHEREAS, these people are entitled to a presumption of innocence under the United <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>States Constitution; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>WHEREAS, every American has the constitutional right to advocate and organize for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>change of the foreign policy of the United States; and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>WHEREAS, the recent report by the Department of Justice Inspector General soundly <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>criticized the FBI for improperly targeting domestic peace and antiwar groups for investigation; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>WHEREAS, Minnesota's elected officials have frequently gone on record in defense of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>trade unionists and others to educate, mobilize, and organize for the legitimate goals of peace, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>justice, and solidarity with all working people; and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>WHEREAS, Minnesota's elected officials disavow any practices or policies which threaten <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>the rights or civil liberties of trade unions and nonviolent peace organizations, and oppose both <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>attacks on traditional constitutional guarantees and the granting of wider powers to the FBI to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>infiltrate or intimidate community groups, unions, and activists; NOW, THEREFORE, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it expresses grave <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>concern that the recent FBI raids are reminiscent of the Palmer Raids of the 1920s, the McCarthy <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>hearings of the 1950s, and the FBI's harassment of nonviolent civil rights and peace activists of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>the 1960s and 1970s, and that these raids may be the beginning of a new and dangerous assault on <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>the First Amendment rights of union activists and antiwar peace campaigners. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that, since <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>no acceptable justification or evidence has been presented for these raids and subpoenas and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>there is no reason to believe any are forthcoming, it urges Congress to review these arbitrary <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>and capricious raids. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that, in light <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>of the Inspector General's recent report on the FBI investigation of certain domestic advocacy <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>groups, we call upon the President of the United States to order an immediate investigation <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>into the circumstances, motivation, and propriety of the judicial and FBI intimidation of these <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>Minnesotans.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United States, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.<br/>