Concept information
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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criminology
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
civil rights and civil liberties
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political science
American politics and society
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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higher education law
key organizations (criminology)
United States Supreme Court
constitutional issues
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political science
campaigns, elections and electoral behavior
campaigns, elections, and the law
First Amendment
Preferred term
freedom to petition
Definition
- The First Amendment right of citizens to request that the government right a perceived wrong. The right “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” has its origins in the Magna Carta of 1215, the medieval English charter, or founding document, of political and civil liberties. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Freedom to Petition]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/freedom_to_petition
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