Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . ., the right of the people ... to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Senate Ethics Manual - Página 176por United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Ethics - 1999 - 591 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Maine. Legislature - 1842 - 1068 páginas
...our privileges. Separate the different parts of this article, and it declares in express terms, that Congress shall make no law abridging the right of...people " to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The language is general, and not confined to particular persons or subjects — it... | |
| United States. Congress - 1836 - 684 páginas
...consideration of consequences? The first amendment to the constitution has been referred to, which provides that Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances. But the right here secured... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 804 páginas
...the people. The first article of the amendments to the Constitution, it is said, provides only that " Congress shall make no law abridging the right of...the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances ; " and this rule is not a law. Sir, this is sticking to the bark of the Constitution... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 414 páginas
...the people. The first article of the amendments to the Constitution, it is said, provides only that " Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people to petition the government fora redress of grievances;" and this rule is not a law. Sir, this is sticking to the bark of the Constitution... | |
| Seabred Dodge Pratt - 1852 - 418 páginas
...which too much can not be said, by those whose grand, political axiom is "freedom and equality," is the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances. This, it has been said, is the last right which the people have ever been willing to... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 876 páginas
...by solemn statute ? If the Senate and House of Representatives and the President combined, can pass no law abridging the right of the people to petition the Government, is it not, a fortiori, incompetent for this House alone to abridge that right? But I deny the propriety... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 788 páginas
...by solemn statute ? If the Senate and House of Representatives and the President combined, can pass no law abridging the right of the people to petition the Government, is it not, a fortiori^ incompetent for this House alone to abridge that right? But I deny the propriety... | |
| 1877 - 510 páginas
...public authorities to prevent or suppress popular gatherings. The Constitution of the United States provides that Congress shall make no law abridging " the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances," and a similar limitation... | |
| 1877 - 510 páginas
...public authorities to prevent or suppress popular gatherings. The Constitution of the United States provides that Congress shall make no law abridging " the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances," and a similar limitation... | |
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