Examples of right to petition in the following topics:
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- In the United States, the right to petition is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the national Constitution.
- Historically, the right can be traced back to English documents such as Magna Carta, which, by its acceptance by the monarchy, implicitly affirmed the right, and the later Bill of Rights 1689, which explicitly declared the "right of the subjects to petition the king. "
- The right to petition includes under its umbrella the right to sue the government, and the right of individuals, groups and possibly corporations to lobby the government.
- The right to petition is protected by the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights.
- Discuss the how the right to petition the government is related to political freedom and the U.S.
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- The First Amendment establishes the right to assembly and the right to petition the government.
- A simplified definition of the right to petition is: the right to present requests to the government without punishment or reprisal.
- In the past, Congress has directly limited the right to petition.
- The right of assembly was originally distinguished from the right to petition.
- Recognize the role of the Right to Petition clause in the Constitution.
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- The Supreme Court has ruled that petitioning the government by way of lobbying is protected by the Constitution as free speech.
- The ability of individuals, groups, and corporations to lobby the government is protected by the right to petition in the First Amendment.
- Corporations have been considered in some court decisions to have many of the same rights as citizens, including their right to lobby officials for what they want.
- It contrasted it with indirect lobbying: efforts to influence Congress indirectly by trying to change public opinion.
- Lobbying, properly defined, is subject to control by Congress, . . .
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- The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights.
- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
- State the restrictions imposed upon the federal government and the rights accorded individuals by the 1st Amendment
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- Charles I's attempt to impose taxes not authorized by Parliament contributed to the ongoing conflict between the King and Parliament and eventually resulted in passing the 1628 Petition of Right.
- A number of possible alternatives to the Resolutions were debated but finally, Sir Edward Coke made a speech suggesting that the Commons join with the House of Lords and pass their four resolutions as a petition of right (although he was not the first to do so).
- The idea of a petition of right was an established element of Parliamentary procedure, and in addition, had not been expressly prohibited by Charles.
- Some historians have argued that the passage of the Petition of Right marks the founding of the United Kingdom's modern constitutional monarchy.
- The Petition also profoundly influenced the rights contained by the Constitution of the United States.
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- The Congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade; rights and grievances; and petitioning King George III for redress of those grievances.
- While the other colonies all held the idea of colonial rights as paramount, they were split between those who sought legislative equality with Britain and those who instead favored independence and a break from the Crown and its excesses.
- The Petition to the King was also formed during the First Continental Congress and sent to George III of Great Britain.
- The petition expressed loyalty to the king and hoped for redress of grievances relating to the Coercive Acts and other issues that helped foment the American Revolution.
- However, it took no official notice of Congress' petitions and addresses.
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- In 1775, the Colonies proposed the Olive Branch Petition to reconcile with Britain and avert war, but King George III denied the petition.
- The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in an attempt to avoid a war with Great Britain.
- The petition
vowed
allegiance to the Crown and entreated the king to prevent further conflict, claiming
that
the colonies did not seek independence but merely wanted to negotiate trade and
tax regulations with Great Britain.
- This letter was used
as a propaganda tool to demonstrate the insincerity of the Olive Branch
Petition.
- The Proclamation of Rebellion was King George III's response to the Olive Branch Petition.
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- In September of 2007, a prominent group of state officials, state pension fund managers, and environmental organizations filed a petition with the Securities and Exchange Commission asking it to adopt guidelines requiring all public companies to disclose the risks of climate change to their business as well as the actions they're taking to mitigate those risks.
- The 115-page petition, signed by state treasurers, attorney generals and state fund managers in California, Florida, Maine, New York, North Carolina, Oregon and Vermont, states that ‘climate change has now become a significant factor bearing on a company's financial condition… Investors are [therefore] looking for companies that are best positioned to avoid the financial risks associated with climate change and to capitalize on the new opportunities that greenhouse gas regulation will provide. ' The petition went on to claim that ‘Interest in climate risk is not limited to investors with a specific moral or policy interest in climate change; climate change now covers an enormous range of investors whose interest is purely financial…
- The names of companies that are ‘out front' in their response to climate risks and opportunities,
- Legal proceedings relating to climate change. ( Butler, Jim, ‘Hotel Lawyer: Why the SEC May Make You Go Green')
- Guidelines approved by the SEC in January of 2008 now require companies to weigh the impact of climate-change laws and regulations (including overseas regulations and accords) when assessing what information to include in corporate filings.
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- The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury who had been appointed by President John Adams as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia.
- Marbury's appointment was not subsequently delivered to him, so he petitioned the Supreme Court to force Jefferson's Secretary of State James Madison to deliver the documents.
- The Court, with John Marshall as Chief Justice, found that Marbury did have a right to his appointment, and that the Judiciary Act of 1789 provided him with a remedy, caled a writ of mandamus.
- The petition was therefore denied, but more importantly, the precedent for the Court's power of judicial review - not specificially enumerated in the Constitution - was established.
- Madison, refers to the establishment of the principle of judicial review.
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- The Second Amendment gives the right to bear arms, and can arguably apply to individuals or state militias depending on interpretation.
- The Second Amendment to the US constitution was adopted in 1791 as part of the US Bill of Rights .
- The right to bear arms was seen as a check against tyranny, both domestic and foreign, and was designed to help states easily raise organized militias.
- The amendment reads "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. " In some interpretations of the bill the right to bear arms is a collective right, exclusively or primarily given to states to arm a militia.
- The First Amendment rights of free speech, freedom of association, and freedom of petition protect lobbying, including grassroots lobbying.