Aaron Gadberry

This is one of several resolutions I will be proposing at the Texas GOP Convention.

Whereas, the sole purpose of maintaining the Guantanamo Bay detention camp offshore is to deny the most basic of rights to prisoners; and

Whereas, the guards of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have been accused by Red Cross inspectors and released detainees of various acts of torture; and

Whereas, closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was called for by Condoleezza Rice and the Bush Administration on December 21, 2007;

Therefore be it resolved that we, the Republican Party of Texas, call for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

This is one of several resolutions I will be proposing at the Texas GOP Convention.

Whereas, the act of torture is in violation of the Geneva Convention Article 3, Section 1a which forbids “Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;” and

Whereas, the act of torture is in violation of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of which Article 2, Section 2 reads “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture;” and

Whereas, the act of torture used as a tool to compel a confession is in violation of the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination; and

Whereas, the act of torture used as a tool to compel a confession is in violation of the Miranda right to remain silent; and

Whereas, the act of torture is in violation of the Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment; and

Whereas, the act of torture is in violation of U.S. Code Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 113C which forbids “the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering;” and

Whereas, the act of torture goes against the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and

Whereas, the act of torture is known to produce unreliable intelligence;

Therefore be it resolved that we, the Republican Party of Texas, firmly oppose the use of torture in any and all circumstances.

This is one of several resolutions I will be proposing at the Texas GOP Convention.

Whereas, warrant-less searches and seizures are a violation of the Fourth Amendment;

Therefore be it resolved that we, the Republican Party of Texas, call on Congress and the President to oppose any and all legislation authorizing domestic surveillance without a judicial oversight in the form of a warrant.

This is one of several resolutions I will be proposing at the Texas GOP Convention.

Whereas, the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007 grants the President of the United States of America to determine the terms for the declaration of Martial Law; and

Whereas, the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007 is in direct contradiction to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878; and

Whereas, the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007 was in direct contradiction to the Insurrection Act of 1807 until the Insurrection Act was amended; and

Whereas, the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 1585) repealed the controversial changes made in the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007, but was pocket vetoed by President George W. Bush; and

Whereas, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 4986) repealed the controversial changes made in the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007;

Therefore, be it resolved that we, the Republican Party of Texas, oppose any and all legislation allowing for the arbitrary use of Armed Forces for domestic law enforcement.

This is one of several resolutions I will be proposing at the Texas GOP Convention.

Whereas, the United States of America is a sovereign nation; and

Whereas, we the citizens of the United States of America enjoy the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution; and

Whereas, any recognition of an entity to which the United States of America submits, transfers the control, and thus sovereignty of our nation to that entity;

Therefore be it resolved that we, the Republican Party of Texas, call upon Congress and our President to gradually withdraw the United States of America from the United Nations; and

Furthermore be it resolved that we, the Republican Party of Texas, call upon Congress and our President to gradually withdraw the United States of America from the North American Free Trade Agreement; and

Furthermore be it resolved that we, the Republican Party of Texas, call upon Congress and our President to immediately withdraw the United States of America from the Security and Prosperity Partnership; and

Furthermore be it resolved that we, the Republican Party of Texas, call upon Congress and our President to oppose any and all movement towards a North American Union.