City Council will continue to oppose future Executive Orders violating the constitutional rights of Muslims and therefore the constitutional rights of all Americans

How it started

Jan 30, 2017 · Proposed by Councillors Mazen, McGovern, Cheung, and Simmons: a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

Jan 30, 2017 · ✅ Adopted after amendments: the Council approved a revised version (Order adopted as amended)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Craig A. Kelley
David Maher
Dennis Carlone
E. Denise Simmons
Jan Devereux
Leland Cheung
Marc McGovern
Nadeem Mazen
Timothy J. Toomey

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge

The document a council order

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City of Cambridge

IN CITY COUNCIL

January 30, 2017

ORDERED: That the City Council recognizes this as first step in the President’s campaign promise to enact a Muslim ban; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Council go on record as opposed to this executive order; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Council will continue to oppose future executive orders violating the constitutional rights of Muslims.

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Jan 30, 2017