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Petitioning

Sylvia Gonzalez stands in her front yard next to one of her city council campaign sign | Institute for Justice

First Amendment

SCOTUS Makes It Easier for Victims of Retaliatory Arrests To Vindicate Their First Amendment Rights

The justices ruled that "objective evidence" of retaliation does not require "very specific comparator evidence."

Jacob Sullum | 6.20.2024 3:00 PM

Petitioning

Right to Petition Legislature ≠ Right to a Legislative Hearing

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.6.2022 5:15 PM

vaxxproof_1161x653 | Ritaanisimova / Dreamstime.com

Vaccine mandates

L.A.'s Vaccination Mandate Has Not Increased Compliance. A New Petition Would Force Its Repeal.

Los Angeles Libertarians to start gathering signatures to overturn the four-month-old ordinance.

Scott Shackford | 2.4.2022 3:00 PM

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Edward Snowden

White House Unsurprisingly Will Not Pardon Edward Snowden

Response to 'We the people' petition calls for him to 'accept the consequences.'

Scott Shackford | 7.28.2015 5:05 PM

Politics

Feds' Petition for a Day Off Likely to Be Granted; Petition to Pardon Snowden Still Unanswered

Lucian McMahon | 10.29.2014 2:48 PM

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Politics

FDA Delays Threaten Kid's Life; Parents Plead With White House

Zenon Evans | 4.2.2014 2:55 PM

Large image on homepages | Michael @ NW Lens/Foter.com

Politics

Petition Site Change.Org Launches Verified Account Feature for Politicians, Paul Ryan, Elizabeth Warren Among First Adopters

A whole new way to be ignored!

Ed Krayewski | 10.25.2013 3:53 PM

Politics

California Legislature Contemplates Crippling the Citizen Initiative Process

Brian Doherty | 7.18.2013 7:50 PM

Politics

Petition Calling For Edward Snowden To Be Pardoned Will Get White House Response

Passed the 100,000 mark

Reason Staff | 6.25.2013 10:52 AM

Policy

White House Petition Urges Pardon for Snowden

20,000 signatures so far

Reason Staff | 6.10.2013 3:20 PM

Policy

Social Security Petition Sent to the White House

Over two million people not happy with a proposed change to how Social Security benefits will be calculated

Reason Staff | 4.9.2013 6:50 PM

Science & Technology

Supporters Form Petitions to Save Google Reader

Will not be going gently into the dustbin of the Internet

Reason Staff | 3.14.2013 3:00 PM

Policy

White House Petition to Allow Phone Unlocking Reaches Threshold

Gets 100,000 signatures

Reason Staff | 2.22.2013 6:10 PM

Politics

Why Laughter Is the Best Medicine for Politics

If you can't poke fun at The Man, chances are you can't do much else either.

A. Barton Hinkle | 2.13.2013 6:00 PM

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Politics

Secession Fever

If the U.S. were to escape any adjustments to its borders, it would be a rare case.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.25.2013 1:30 PM

Politics

White House Staff No Longer So Thrilled With Petition Site

Secession petitions and popular pranks eroded the gloss

Reason Staff | 1.18.2013 11:00 PM

Politics

White House Increases Threshold to Pretend to Care About Your Concerns

If you can get 100,000 folks for your petition, maybe just start a PAC?

Scott Shackford | 1.16.2013 12:44 PM

Politics

White House Petitions Will Now Require 100,000 Signatures For a Response

Up from 25,000

Reason Staff | 1.16.2013 12:20 PM

Politics

Star Wars Mocks White House Response to Death Star Petition

The Empire writes back

Reason Staff | 1.15.2013 5:24 PM

Policy

Reddit Co-Founder, Open Info Activist Bullied by DOJ Commits Suicide

Faced federal charges for downloading academic journal records at MIT

Scott Shackford | 1.12.2013 6:32 PM

Politics

White House Responds to Secession Petitions

Summary: No.

Reason Staff | 1.11.2013 8:00 PM

Politics

White House Responds to Piers Morgan Petition

Pointless response to pointless petition

Reason Staff | 1.9.2013 7:37 PM

Politics

White House Petition Calls for Joe Biden Reality Show

Maybe he'll go handfishing one episode

Reason Staff | 1.4.2013 4:23 PM

Policy

White House Petition Demands White House Actually Respond to Petitions

Good luck with that one

Reason Staff | 12.28.2012 3:30 PM

Politics

White House Hasn't Responded to Recent Petitions on Site

Except for one that happens to coincide with its own aims

Reason Staff | 12.27.2012 7:50 PM

Policy

White House Petition to Label Westboro Baptist Church a Hate Group Most Popular

Over 260,000 signatures

Reason Staff | 12.27.2012 10:04 AM

Culture

Teen Petitions Pepsi to Change Drink Formulas

At least she's not trying to use the government to force it

Reason Staff | 12.13.2012 4:40 PM

Policy

Residents of All 50 States Have Filed Secession Petitions

Trolling the White House is fun

Reason Staff | 11.15.2012 6:10 PM

Politics

White House Petition Process Another Obama Open Government Failure

Petitions meeting the White House's threshold for response go unanswered

Scott Shackford | 11.13.2012 4:20 PM

Politics

Judge Voids Virginia Restrictions on Signature Gatherers

It's unconstitutional to ban out-of-staters from gathering signatures on behalf of political candidates, says a federal judge

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 7:28 PM

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