Sentence examples for a redress for from inspiring English sources

However, both identity politics and multiculturalism have in common the demand for recognition and a redress for past inequities.

What those cases didn't accomplish, however, was a redress for the actions of major banks and Wall Street firms that contributed to the financial crisis.

Oh no -- as a matter of fact, I've been an activist in the movement to get an apology and a redress for a long time.

In United States v. Cruikshank (1875), the Supreme Court held that "the right of the people peaceably to assemble for the purpose of petitioning Congress for a redress of grievances, or for anything else connected with the powers or duties of the National Government, is an attribute of national citizenship, and, as such, under protection of, and guaranteed by, the United States.

The right not only protects demands for "a redress of grievances" but also demands for government action.

While affixing your e-signature to an online petition is a new and somewhat direct way to "petition your government for a redress of grievances", I am most concerned with advocating for more immediate and effective manners of protest.

The first amendment protects philanthropists and pedophiles alike, and makes a special provision for unpopular speech by specifically setting out rights for citizens to "petition the government for a redress of grievances".

The prime minister, Tony Abbott, and environment minister, Greg Hunt, have come under fire in recent weeks for their apparent lack of concern for the environment and have faced calls for a redress of the shark kill policy.

The very idea of a government, republican in form, implies a right on the part of its citizens to meet peaceably for consultation in respect to public affairs and to petition for a redress of grievances".

The constitution says people have a right "peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances".

(The freedom to assemble is linked, in the First Amendment, to the right "to petition the government for a redress of grievances").