Hopefully this drives more people to https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-stat..., which is almost a quarter of the way to the point where the administration has to respond.
While I have mixed feelings about the idea of governments pardoning people who should never have been prosecuted in the first place (think of Turing -- why should the government get to absolve themselves of their misdeeds so easily?), this petition might be more likely to get a real response than ones calling for the reprimand or firing of high-level government employees.
> ...to the point where the administration has to respond
I think the idea of them having to respond makes this enough of a worthwile endevour.
Would love to see what such as reponse would entail.
But who knows, maybe we'll get a decent response.
The secession petitions are even more ridiculous when you realise that it only takes 25,000 signatures to get a response (Louisiana, the least populous state on the list, has a population of a little over 4.5 million according to Wikipedia) and the signers didn't even have to be a resident of the state calling for secession.
Recently they replied to Piers Morgan deportation petition [1] that we should not forget about the first when talking about the second amendment... the problem is that US Supreme ruled multiple times US Constitution does not apply to non-citizens. So their response seriously is a waste of someone times and our tax dollars.
On the other hand, issues on less important matter will get very deep and thorough response, including youtube videos! [2]
Come to think that this guy and his Administration will run the country for another 4 years, I really do not know what to expect this soil will look like...
[1] http://www.prisonplanet.com/white-house-formally-responds-to...
[2] https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/ale-chief-white-ho...