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  2. Grievances of the United States Declaration of Independence

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    The 27 grievances is a section from the United States Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress's Committee of Five drafted the document listing their grievances with the actions and decisions of King George III with regard to the colonies in North America. The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to adopt and issue ...

  3. Right to petition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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. [ 5 ] Historically, the right can be traced back [ 2 ] to English documents such as Magna Carta , which, by its acceptance by the monarchy, implicitly affirmed the right. 14 Edw III Statute 1 Chapter 5 (1340) [ 6 ] put ...

  4. Roberts v. United States Jaycees - Wikipedia

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    Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609 (1984), [1] was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States overturning the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's application of a Minnesota antidiscrimination law.

  5. Halifax Resolves - Wikipedia

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    The Flag of North Carolina commemorates the Halifax Resolves by bearing the date of its adoption: April 12, 1776.. The Halifax Resolves was a name later given to the resolution adopted by the North Carolina Provincial Congress on April 12, 1776.

  6. Royal Commission for the Investigation of all Grievances ...

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    Drafted by Gipps, the report recommended all crown revenues to be surrendered to the Legislative Assembly with the exception of a modest civil list. A second report was published in March. It recommended the Revenue Act of 1831 to be repealed to place at the disposal of the Executive sufficient funds to carry on the essential services of ...

  7. 1978 California Proposition 6 - Wikipedia

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    California Proposition 6, informally known as the Briggs Initiative, [1] was an unsuccessful ballot initiative put to a referendum on the California state ballot in the November 7, 1978 election. [2] It was sponsored by John Briggs , a conservative state legislator from Orange County .

  8. Cooper v. Pate - Wikipedia

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    Cooper v. Pate, 378 U.S. 546 (1964), was a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court ruled for the first time that state prison inmates have the standing to sue in federal court to address their grievances under the Civil Rights Act of 1871. This case followed Jones v.

  9. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia

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    The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was first proposed by Georges Polti in 1895 to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. [1] Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works. He also analyzed a handful of non-French authors.