Amendment I to the U.S. Constitution "Congress shall make no law ... abridging ... the right of the people ... to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Blueprint for Dictatorship: Recent legislation sets us up for tyranny, by Justin Raimondo, 30 Apr 2007 Related Topics: Militarism Describes how the Defense Authorization Act, the Military Commissions Act and changes to the Insurrection Act could be used to impose martial law in the United States "Why insert the bolded phrase – unless your objective is to widen the category of miscreants to include those exercising their First Amendment rights? No one expects an insurgency to be launched in this day and age in America, yet peaceably assembling to protest government policies can easily be interpreted to include 'obstructionists' who might be 'dispersed.'"
