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By Adam Newton
Lawyer & contributing writer
and Ronald K.L. Collins
First Amendment Center scholar
"Congress shall make no law … abridging … the right of the people … to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
— from the First Amendment FULL STORY>



Pa. woman, mayor spar over right to petition
Wilkes-Barre resident's fight to save firehouse raises First Amendment question: When citizens petition their government, can government push back? 01.12.09 		 
Critics slam Dallas developer's libel lawsuit
By Tony Mauro H. Walker Royall, who is involved in eminent-domain dispute, sues book author, publisher, book-jacket blurb writer and local reviewer. 12.15.08


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