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Has any of these petitions ever accomplished anything?

• charonn0 14y ago
  Not to my knowledge. But then, 90% of the petitions are frivolous[1] or beyond the power of the Executive branch[2] anyway. Serious proposals (e.g. [3]) rarely meet the "publicly visible" threshold, let alone the (now 4x higher) response threshold. [1]: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/declare-monday-following-super-bowl-national-holiday/qPHHlyZV https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/declare-monday-fol... [2]: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/eliminate-gerrymandering-every-state-using-algorithm-design-congressional-districts/5rCNbM2L https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/eliminate-gerryman... [3]: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/call-revision-or-repeal-apportionment-act-1911/Jdt0C1Yw https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/call-revision-or-r...
  • eli 14y ago
    Uh, doesn't this petition also fall under [2]? The US Copyright Office isn't part of the Executive branch.
    • charonn0 14y ago
      I hadn't realized the Copyright Office is under Congress (though that might explain its dysfunction.) But you're right, this petition is outside Presidential power to act upon.
• shitlord 14y ago
  They are usually met with long-winded responses that boil down to "nah".
• iamdave 14y ago
  A beer recipe. http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/09/white-house-releases-beer-recipe-134051.html http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/09/white-house-relea...