Constitutional News!
By Marvis Gutierrez
-AMENDMENT 1-
From the Constitution...
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Assembly/Petition
The Right to Petition is basically, the right to present requests to the government without punishment. The Right doesn't only give the freedom to stand up and speak up about injustices, but allows you to change those injustices. The Original concept for the right actually came up in the Magna Carta, where the barons had the right to petition for the kingdom for anything that the thought was an injustice. A perfect is example is that recently, Texas wanted to break away from the U.S. So, they made a petition, and over 125,000 people signed it. The White House responds back saying that the Constitution did not have a right to walk away from the U.S. I personally am surprised how a state would want to leave the country, after all that we've been through, and it seems most of the state didn't like that either. I'm not saying that I approve or disapprove this, but utterly shocked.