A motion is a written or oral application to a court in a pending case seeking some sort of ruling or order. A petition, on the other hand, is always in writing, and is considered a pleading, used to commence a proceeding, or initiate a collateral one. I strongly encourage you to seek out and retain an attorney.
FrÃ©dÃ©ric Bastiat quotes (showing 1-30 of 244) â 1 Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all. We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion.
Radicals among the Anti-Federalists even believed that the Federal Government might one day raise an army (via conscription and income taxation) and inflict it's will on the various states! They were, of course, correct.Source(s): http://www.teachervision.fen.com/us-hist...ome of the opposition believed that the central government under the Articles of Confederation was sufficient. Still others believed that while the national government under the Articles was too weak, the national government under the Constitution would be too strong. Hope I helped:). catica Â· 7 years ago.