Topic: the right to petition is cut from the same cloth as the oth… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 34 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from McDonald v. Smith.

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1 McDonald v. Smith Anchor
scotus · 1985
green “the right to petition is cut from the same cloth as the other guarantees of that amendment, and is an assurance of a particular freedom of expression.” 23
2 BPNC, Inc. v. Taft
ca6 · 2005
green “the purpose of the petition clause, though, is to ensure that citizens may communicate their will through direct petition to the legislature and government officials.” 11

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