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Has any of these petitions ever accomplished anything?


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-fol...

[2]: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/eliminate-gerryman...

[3]: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/call-revision-or-r...


Uh, doesn't this petition also fall under [2]? The US Copyright Office isn't part of the Executive branch.


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.


They are usually met with long-winded responses that boil down to "nah".





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