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Public Employee Speech: Answering The Unanswered And Related Questions In Lane V. Franks, John E. Rumel
Public Employee Speech: Answering The Unanswered And Related Questions In Lane V. Franks, John E. Rumel
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First Amendment Right To A Remedy, Benjamin Plener Cover
First Amendment Right To A Remedy, Benjamin Plener Cover
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Scholars and jurists agree that the First Amendment right “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” includes a right of court access, but narrowly define this right as the right to file a lawsuit. This dominant view fails to meaningfully differentiate between the right to petition, the freedom of speech, and due process, missing the distinct significance of the Petition Clause when individuals petition courts. The most significant threats to court access today occur after the filing stage, when courts deny or limit remedies to legally injured persons — by enforcing a mandatory arbitration provision or an exhaustion …