right to petition for redress of grievances
1right of petition — right of petition: a right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to petition the government for a redress of grievances Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
2Right to petition in the United States — The right to petition in the United States is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, and specifically prohibits Congress from abridging the right of the people...to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Although… …
3petition — petitionable, adj. petitioner, petitionist, n. /peuh tish euhn/, n. 1. a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting… …
4petition — A written address, embodying an application or prayer from the person or persons preferring it, to the power, body, or person to whom it is presented, for the exercise of his or their authority in the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some… …
5redress of grievances — A matter of constitutional right of assembly and petition. The demand, made by people in assembly, of the legislative body to obtain a change in the laws, the enactment of new laws, or for anything else connected with the powers or duties of the… …
6Petition — A petition is a request to change some thing, most commonly made to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer.In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to some official and signed by… …
7Capstone right — The Capstone Right is expressed in an Official Act passed unanimously by the Continental Congress in 1774 (the same Congress that adopted the Declaration of Independence), in which the Founders said: 1774, Journals of the Continental Congress,… …
8United States District Court for the District of Nebraska — (D. Neb.) Map Appeals to Eighth Circuit …
9Incorporation (Bill of Rights) — Incorporation (of the Bill of Rights) is the American legal doctrine by which portions of the Bill of Rights are applied to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, although some have suggested that the Privileges or …
10Incorporation of the Bill of Rights — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I · …
