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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 27 (view source)
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Note that the First Amendment to the federal constitution reads in part: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." | Note that the First Amendment to the federal constitution reads in part: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." | ||
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* ''Koehler v. Dubose'', 200 S.W. 238, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/200_SW_238.pdf#page=6 243] (Tex.Civ.App.–San Antonio 1918, ref'd) ("The right of petition, guarded and protected by the Constitution, was not given to protect citizens who might attack the character or malign the acts of the individual citizen, although addressed to an officer of the state, but in every instance in which the right of petition has been sustained it has been when the object was to obtain some redress as to governmental acts or the exercise of some governmental agency general in its character. The right was not given to shield attacks upon private reputations or assaults upon private characters. . . . The Constitution seeks to secure liberty and not licentiousness.") | * ''Koehler v. Dubose'', 200 S.W. 238, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/200_SW_238.pdf#page=6 243] (Tex.Civ.App.–San Antonio 1918, ref'd) ("The right of petition, guarded and protected by the Constitution, was not given to protect citizens who might attack the character or malign the acts of the individual citizen, although addressed to an officer of the state, but in every instance in which the right of petition has been sustained it has been when the object was to obtain some redress as to governmental acts or the exercise of some governmental agency general in its character. The right was not given to shield attacks upon private reputations or assaults upon private characters. . . . The Constitution seeks to secure liberty and not licentiousness.") | ||
|seo_title= | |seo_title=Article I, Section 27 of the Texas Constitution ("Right of Assembly; Petition for Redress of Grievances") | ||
|seo_keywords= | |seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 27, right of assembly, petition for redress | ||
|seo_description= | |seo_description=The citizens shall have the right, in a peaceable manner, to assemble together for their common good. | ||
|seo_image_alt=Texas Bill of Rights | |seo_image_alt=Texas Bill of Rights | ||