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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

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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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FDA

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

Zenon Evans | 4.2.2014 2:55 PM

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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

Public Unions

California Legislature Contemplates Crippling the Citizen Initiative Process

Brian Doherty | 7.18.2013 7:50 PM

Edward Snowden

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

Surveillance

White House Petition Urges Pardon for Snowden

20,000 signatures so far

Reason Staff | 6.10.2013 3:20 PM

Social Security

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

Google

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

Mobile Technology

White House Petition to Allow Phone Unlocking Reaches Threshold

Gets 100,000 signatures

Reason Staff | 2.22.2013 6:10 PM

White House

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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Secession

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

Obama Administration

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

White House

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

White House

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

Up from 25,000

Reason Staff | 1.16.2013 12:20 PM

White House

Star Wars Mocks White House Response to Death Star Petition

The Empire writes back

Reason Staff | 1.15.2013 5:24 PM

Department of Justice

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

Secession

White House Responds to Secession Petitions

Summary: No.

Reason Staff | 1.11.2013 8:00 PM

Gun Control

White House Responds to Piers Morgan Petition

Pointless response to pointless petition

Reason Staff | 1.9.2013 7:37 PM

Joe Biden

White House Petition Calls for Joe Biden Reality Show

Maybe he'll go handfishing one episode

Reason Staff | 1.4.2013 4:23 PM

White House

White House Petition Demands White House Actually Respond to Petitions

Good luck with that one

Reason Staff | 12.28.2012 3:30 PM

White House

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

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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

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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

White House

Residents of All 50 States Have Filed Secession Petitions

Trolling the White House is fun

Reason Staff | 11.15.2012 6:10 PM

Obama Administration

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

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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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