How to Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances

By Andrew Bushard

The First Amendment grants us the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, which we ought to cherish. But how should we exercise this right? We better do it in a wise way and this book will discuss exactly how.

26 pages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: FREE PRESS MEDIA PRESS INC
• Release date: Nov 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393056485

Andrew Bushard

Find empowerment through the First Amendment here:We leverage freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances (the First Amendment) to empower youWe leverage creativity and inspiration to empower youWe leverage presentations, talks, mp3s, and videos to empower youWe leverage movies, DVDs, internet videos, and video games to empower youWe leverage integrity, understanding, diligence, and maverickism to empower you

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Create Petitions

When you petition the government for a redress of grievances, you can create literal petitions.

I have tried petitions before.  From what I have heard, many people question the effectiveness of petitions, especially when it comes to online petitions.

It depends on how we write the petitions and to whom we deliver and direct them.  Surely, if you design them well, they can make a difference.  After all, elected officials do take note of their constituents’ concerns.  Petitions alone may not change things, but they do have the power to indirectly influence political affairs.

Critics say we often create petitions just to feel good and if so, we do little good.  If we address petitions to an overly general target, or we never actually deliver them, or worse, we make scam petitions, then petitions indeed do little good.

I have signed my share of petitions.  I have also created my own petitions regarding causes like animal rights, the death penalty, and political prisoners.  Other than raising awareness, I don’t think they made much impact.

Sometimes, petitions may work.  I remember doing petitions for the release of a political prisoner and the news reported that the judge actually did grant