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The other part of the First Amendment
"………., and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The right to petition the government isn't just words on some old dusty parchment. The Founding Fathers knew that eventually too many men in power would lose sight of their purpose in being part of a servant government and turn into tyrants. The right to petition the government with a redress of grievance by the very people being governed is an unalienable Right that has been trampled upon and almost forgotten by the people themselves.
Some history into the right of the people to redress
The right of the people to patition their servant government dates back to the Colonial America era. Early petitioning included everything from trading with the Indians to petitions for public legislation. A comprehensive study on this issue can be read at: www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/ Research/Smith-NeglectedButAbsolute.PDF
Over the past century, this sacred right has completely deteriorated and today we are faced with a federal machine that simply ignores the citizenry who present a valid and important redress of grievance(s). The arrogance displayed by Congress, the White House, the Department of Justice and the IRS relating to formal petitions for redress of grievances by We the People Foundation would have never been tolerated by early Americans or the Founding Fathers. It is the government's duty and obligation to respond to legitimate redress of grievances submitted by the people of this Republic. The Founding Fathers didn't write this part of the First Amendment because it sounded warm and fuzzy. They meant those words and they also meant for government to suffer the consequences should elected public servants choose to ignore them: Excerpts from a speech by Bob Schulz, January 7, 2003:
"The founding fathers also knew that unless the Right to Petition included the right to withhold their money from the government UNTIL their grievances were redressed, their grievances might fall on deaf ears and Liberty would give way to tyranny, despotism and involuntary servitude.
"The founding fathers, in an act of the Continental Congress in 1774, said, and I quote: "If money is wanted by Rulers who have in any manner oppressed the People, [the People] may retain [their money] until their grievances are redressed, and thus peaceably procure relief, without trusting to despised petitions or disturbing the public tranquility."
"This very American Right of Redress of Grievances Before Taxes is deeply embedded in our law.
"The founding fathers could hardly have used words more clear when they declared, "the people … may retain [their money] until their grievances are [remedied]."
"By these words, the founding fathers fully recognized and clearly stated: that the Right of Redress of Grievances includes the right of Redress Before payment of Taxes, that this Right of Redress Before Taxes lies in the hands of the People, that this Right is the People's nonviolent, peaceful means to procuring a remedy to their grievances without having to depend on - or place their trust in -- the government's willingness to respond to the People's petitions and without having to resort to violence."