|
In the United States the right to petition is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which specifically prohibits Congress from abridging "the right of the people...to petition the Government for a redress of grievances". Although often overlooked in favor of other more famous freedoms, and sometimes taken for granted, many other civil liberties are enforceable against the government only by exercising this basic right. The right to petition is fundamental in a Republic, such as the United States, as a means of protecting public participation in government.〔 ==Historic roots== The American right of petition is derived from British precedent. In Blackstone's ''Commentaries, Americans in the Thirteen Colonies read that "the right of petitioning the king, or either house of parliament, for the redress of grievances" was a "right appertaining to every individual".〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Avalon Project at Yale Law School )〕 In 1776, the Declaration of Independence cited King George's perceived failure to redress the grievances listed in colonial petitions, such as the Olive Branch Petition of 1775, as a justification to declare independence: In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.〔Quote from the ''Declaration of Independence.'' Full text available at (【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration )〕 Historically, the right can be traced back〔 to English documents such as Magna Carta, which, by its acceptance by the monarchy, implicitly affirmed the right, and the later Bill of Rights 1689, which explicitly declared the "right of the subjects to petition the king".〔Quote from ''Bill of Rights 1689.'' Full text available at (【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Avalon Project at Yale Law School )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Right to petition in the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|