Post: Freedom to Petition Government for Redress of Grievances

Posted by Hardy Parkerson, Atty. on 11/05/06

Dear Counsel.Net Friends,

I am doing a study of what right the First Amendment
gives us as citizens under the "redress of grivenances"
clause of the First Amendment. What are its
possibilities? What are its l imitation? I do know that
from time to time some federal courts enjoin prisoners
from filing law suits. Doesn't the First Amendment
guarantee them the right to "petition the Government for
redress of grievances?" And let's say we have the right
to petition the government for redress of grievances, what
obligation may or may not the government have to act in
response to the this First Amendmnent petition?

If you know of any scholarly or other treatment of this
particular area of constitutional law, I would appreciate
your posting the source and citation of such case, writing
and/or other treatment of this First Amendment freedom.

Sincerely,

Hardy Parkerson, Atty.
Lake Charles, LA
hparkerson@cox.net

Posts on this thread, including this one

Freedom to Petition Government for Redress of Grievances, 11/05/06, by Hardy Parkerson, Atty..

Re: Freedom to Petition Government for Redress of Grievances, 2/06/07, by Darrell Williams, Sr.

Re: Freedom to Petition Government for Redress of Grievances, 2/06/07, by Darrell Williams, Sr.

Re: Freedom to Petition Government for Redress of Grievances, 4/08/08, by Roger Risner.