Word: petitioner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The H-R SDS Anti-War Committee presented a petition and policy statement, both demanding complete amnesty for the demonstrators and abolition of ROTC.
The group circulated a petition in the Freshman Union, before the Council's meeting, disputing the legitimacy of the elections and calling for new elections under more stringent supervision. They collected 172 signatures in an hour.
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An ICC examiner refused the petition, but the Commission itself overruled him. Said the ICC: "If those most directly concerned are willing to risk their capital with full knowledge of all relevant circumstances, the Commission should be reluctant to deny them an opportunity to improve the economy of their area...
The First Amendment says, "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."