Category: Civil Rights, Individual Liberties
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Youngkin Pumping The Presidential Brakes
by Kerry Dougherty Looks like Gov. Glenn Youngkin may have some natural immunity to the presidential virus that seems to infect most Virginia governors. At one time or another it seems almost every Virginia governor has his head turned by the seductive intoxication of presidential or vice presidential ambition. Anyone else remember L. Douglas Wilder?…
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Assault and Battery in Schools – Virginia Law and School Division Policies Make โMarks” of Principals
by James C. Sherlock This is addressed directly to Virginia public school principals. You are compliant with current Virginia law whether you report assault and battery to police or do not. Bad law makes for bad policy. Depending upon your school division, your requirements may vary. A lot. In gambling, and this issue is a…
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Richmond FBI Office Used Undercover Agents to Spy on Traditional Catholics
by Robin Beres The United States has not always been a bastion of religious freedom. When Virginia became an English colony in 1607, the English considered religious differences just as treasonous as political differences. Sure, Elizabeth I had reinstalled the Church of England following Queen Maryโs tumultuous reign, but the possibility of another Catholic on…
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Incarceration Should Not Mean Humiliation
by Kerry Dougherty Hang onto your wallets, Portsmouth. A lawsuit filed Friday in Circuit Court is seeking $1 million in damages due to alleged misconduct by a sheriffโs deputy. Oh, and another $350,000 in punitive damages. The conduct – if it happened – was atrocious. According to court papers filed by a former inmate, Danaesha…
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Changes to the Virginia Law Requiring Schools to Report Incidents to the Police Makes them Far More Dangerous
I wrote originally about the 2020 changes to the school incidents reporting law. I have removed the content of this column in order to reconcile issues with the current reporting law, including 2022 changes, with the Department of Education. I will repost it when those issues are resolved.
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Five Questions: An Interview with Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears
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by Shaun Kenney Last week, The Republican Standard had the opportunity to follow Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears as she toured the Richmond Slave Trail โ which included not only the site of the notorious Lumpkins Slave Jail but also the site where Gabriel Prosser was executed and presumably buried in 1800. Winsome Earle-Sears brought a…
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Gun Owner Whose Son Shot His Teacher Will Get Her Day In Court
by Kerry Dougherty Four words came to mind when news broke yesterday that a Newport News grand jury had indicted the mother of a 6-year-old school shooter: what took so long? Itโs been 13 weeks since a FIRST GRADER brought a handgun to school in his backpack and used it to shoot his teacher in…
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โRepressive Toleranceโ and the Constitutions of the United States and of Virginia
by James C. Sherlock In the United States, the first references for judges and attorneys are the federal and state constitutions. The Constitution of the United States, in its First Amendment, requires that: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,…
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Herbert Marcuse, “Repressive Tolerance,” and the Suppression of Debate
by James C. Sherlock There have been countless articles here on the tyranny of the left on Virginia college campuses. And nationwide. I need not summarize them here. But I think it useful on a weekend to consider the origins of that movement to better understand it. It did not spring up randomly, and it…
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Buta Biberaj and the Political Weaponization of the Loudoun Commonwealthโs Attorney Office – Against Other Democrats and the Press
by James C. Sherlock Loudoun County Commonwealthโs Attorney Buta Biberaj (D) has used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the tool that opens up government to citizens, in an attempt to destroy political opponents and intimidate the press. Ms. Biberaj has admitted to investigating her political rivals using FOIA requests to view correspondences between county…
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How Orwellian Is “Student Conduct Software”?
by James A. Bacon More than 1,300 educational institutions across the country use software developed by Charlottesville-based Maxient, which bills itself as the “industry leader” and “most trusted provider for incident reporting and behavior records management.” Clients include most of Virginia’s public institutions of higher education. The recent revelation in The CollegeFix and Wall Street…
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Free Speech and Open Inquiry Are “Non-Negotiable”
by James A. Bacon Governor Glenn Youngkin made a national name for himself by standing up for parents’ rights in public education. His administration has engaged in bruising battles over transgender policy, critical race theory, and educational standards in K-12 schools. His approach to higher-ed issues has been far less contentious. Other than fighting for…
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New Rule: He (or She) Who Shouts the Loudest and Uses the Most Curse Words Wins
This exchange took place at Virginia Commonwealth University during the Students for Life at VCU event. Everyone in the VCU community should be hanging their head in shame at the how the VCU student conducts herself. VCU alumni, are you going to let this slide? Regardless of where you stand on abortion, is this how…
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Violent Transgender Activists and Antifa Agitators Shut Down Pro-Life Event at VCU
by Michael Ippolito Violent transgender activists and Antifa agitators interrupted the final Students for Life โLies Pro-Choicers Believeโ Tour at Virginia Commonwealth University on Wednesday and shut the event down. Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkinsโ and student ambassador Isabel Brownโs speaking tour concluded at the Richmond public university in violence as police…
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Free Speech Under Assault Across Virginia
๏ปฟ Threats to freedom of speech grow by the day in the Old Dominion. Consider the latest news stories: VCU Protesters broke up a speechย by pro-life activist Kristan Hawkins with chants and obscenities. Two pro-lifers suffered minor injuries in a fight that broke out. VCU police broke up the fight but canceled the event. More…