Here are the collected posts for our Balkinization symposium on Dan Carpenter's new book, Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790–1870 (Harvard University Press, 2021).
1. Jack Balkin, Introduction to the Symposium
2. Sandy Levinson, The Unrecognized Importance of Petitioning for Redress of Grievances
3. Frances Lee, Weighing Petitioning in the Balance
4. Robert L. Tsai, Did the Golden Age of Petitioning Improve Democracy?
5. Julie C. Suk, Petitioning and Procedural Democracy