So, we can't cry about it; got to get tough and just make it happen."

Veteran forward Rudy Gay checked into Friday's game with 4:39 left in the opening quarter, marking the first time he has played since Dec. 28, when the forward suffered a heel injury that would knock him out of the next 23 games. With Leonard unavailable, the Spurs could use Gay's scoring to complement Aldridge's contributions on offense. But Popovich says Gay will be on a minutes restriction as he works his way back into the lineup.

In all, the Spurs have missed a total of 167 games because of injury and rest, and veteran Manu Ginobili appeared to be the embodiment of this undermanned team scrapping for every breath down the stretch playing the NBA'sbetween persons and suits against the government. This distinction lends support to Wolfgram's contention that his suits against the government should not "count." However, because the "right" to petition was never absolute and because sufficient safeguards are contained within the statute, it does not impermissibly "chill" litigants.

A. The Common or Natural Law Origin of the Right to Petition.

The right to petition for redress of grievances is the right to complain about and complain to the government. The Magna Carta, chapter 61, purported to grant the right. Now it is viewed as a "natural" right (Paterson, Liberty of the Press, Speech, and Public Worship (1880) Right to Petition Parliament, pp. 30-31), was confirmed by parliamentary resolution in 1669 as an inherent right (Corwin, Constitution of the United States (2d