This historic fight for religious freedom — against an intolerant government — gave birth to The Flushing Remonstrance, widely considered a forerunner to the First Amendment.

In the Confucian tradition, remonstrance – the expression of earnest opposition – wasn’t disobedience, it was moral fidelity. By Carlo J.V. Caro July 31, 2025 ...

Gage’s ninth great-grandfather -William Thorne signed the Remonstrance, which scholars believe influenced the freedom of religion provision in the U.S. Bill of Rights more than a century later.

The city provided sewer service, and now the property owners are “reneging" on annexation, the appeals court judge said.

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While this bar, the Grand Café, is in New Haven, the outcome serves as an example of what just a few (an official liquor permit remonstrance requires just 10 residents of any town to be involved ...

In five of the seven areas, residents filed enough remonstrance petitions to stop annexation outright, but many of the residents were allowed to file such petitions only because House Bill 1427, a ...