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Here's a question for you. If the first amendment provides that any individual can petition the government for a redress of greivances, wouldn't that by necessity imply that every branch of the government has the inherent authority to grant any redress to which it has been so petitioned?

If that is the case then the Schiavos could petition Congress or the Executive branch for a redress of greivances and either Congress or the Executive Branch would have the power to grant such a redress.

So pursuant to the first amendment Bush could order the tube reinserted soley on the basis that the first amendment gives him that power.