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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
DECLARING COOK COUNTY'S EMPHATIC DEFENSE AND RECOGNITION OF ALL RESIDENTS' RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS
WHEREAS, Clause 39 of the Magna Carta, issued in 1215 declared, "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land"; and
WHEREAS, in the statutory rendition of the Magna Carta in 1354, the term 'due process' appeared for the first time with Clause 29 stating that, "No man of what state or condition he be, shall be put out of his lands or tenements nor taken, nor disinherited, nor put to death, without he be brought to answer by due process of law"; and
WHEREAS, the Magna Carta is the bedrock of the U.S. Constitution and established the foundational principles of the rule of law, due process, the protection of individual rights, and served as the model for safeguarding individual liberties and principles that became core tenets of the American legal system; and
WHEREAS, individuals' right to due process in the United States has been established since the ratification of the Constitution in 1791; and
WHEREAS, due process is a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution that protects persons against arbitrary government decisions and ensures fairness in legal matters; and
WHEREAS, all residents in the U.S. have the right to due process, meaning a chance to defend their rights and to have a fair hearing; and
WHEREAS, the right to due process as found under the Fifth Amendment states that, "No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" by the federal government; and
WHEREAS, this right to due process was further extended to the States with the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, under Section One, which states, "nor sha...
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