The right to petition your government wasn't improvised. It was written down, argued over, and paid for. These are the documents, the history, and the civics behind it.
From the day-by-day story of independence to the founding documents themselves — and the civics that explains how the system was designed to work.
From Richard Henry Lee's resolution on June 7 to the signing on August 2 — the day-by-day story of how the Declaration was written, debated, and nearly defeated.
Every day from June 7 through August 2, one signer of the Declaration — from household names to figures history nearly lost. Their stories, their risks, and what they put their names to.
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights — with the First Amendment's right to petition at the center of everything RTR does.
Three branches. Two chambers. One bill at a time. The right to petition assumes you understand how the system was built to function — and where it has drifted from that design.