Ridgely Jr. and his firm assert that these Circular 230 restrictions violate his First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances and his due process right to obtain a refund of taxes paid.
Clement reiterated the government's argument that never before in the history of warfare has a U.S. prisoner of war had a right to challenge his detention with a habeas corpus petition in the U.S. courts.
But in April 2009 the U.S. told Tronox that the DOE had frozen those funds pending discussions about the rightof the U.S. to set off the Title X reimbursement against its pre-petition claims in the Tronox bankruptcy.
Another 100, 000 signatures from out-of-school Pakistani children are the start of yet another one million-strong petition, this time from the children themselves demanding their right to school.