Category: Courts and law
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Virginia’s Gun Law Under Fire in Courts
by Rich Tucker Virginia’s governing Democrats made it a crime to buy, sell, manufacture, or swap so-called assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition. The law’s July 1 enactment, however, sits in a legal limbo as a wave of lawsuits moves through various courts. Plaintiffs in four state jurisdictions…
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Virginia Court Halts Spanberger’s AR-15 Ban, Delivering Major Victory to Gun Owners
After months of legal battle and Second Amendment uncertainty, a court order temporarily blocked Virginia from enforcing a ban on AR-15s. by Bronson Winslow Virginia gun owners secured their first major courtroom victory June 26 after a Lancaster County Circuit Court judge granted a temporary injunction against Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s sweeping ban on the sale…
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A Judge Who Moved Justice Forward
by Chap Petersen We spend a lot of time complaining about public servants in today’s America. And, truthfully, a lot of elected officials are pretty worthless. But there are exceptions. Last Friday, Judge Penney Azcarate presided over her final Motions Day docket as the Chief Judge of Fairfax County Circuit Court. She will be best remembered as…
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A Victory for Transparency
The Richmonder wins FOIA lawsuit against School Board over redacted documents. From The Richmonder: The Richmond School Board improperly redacted documents related to an investigation into alleged misconduct by a school division employee, a Richmond Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday. The documents are related to the departure earlier this year of Ronald “Bobby” Hathaway, the…
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Judge Denies Motion to Compel Abigail Spanberger to Testify in Defamation Case
by Tyler O’Neil A Richmond judge denied two motions against the Democrat Party of Virginia and Gov. Abigail Spanberger Monday in a defamation case, and the plaintiff told the Daily Signal that he plans to appeal the decisions. “I will be appealing these decisions,” Thomas Speciale, a retired Army intelligence officer and a former Republican U.S. Senate…
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Rocovich Punches Back
From Cardinal News: Former Virginia Tech rector John Rocovich filed a lawsuit against Gov. Abigail Spanberger in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Tuesday after she removed him from the university’s board of visitors in May for undisclosed reasons pertaining to his conduct. … Rocovich’s team of attorneys argued, in the lawsuit, that Spanberger did not…
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Now the Lawyers Enter the Assault Weapons Battle
by Dick Hall-Sizemore The legal maneuvering over legislation recently passed by the General Assembly prohibiting the sale of assault weapons has begun in earnest. Shortly after Gov. Spanberger signed the legislation, which will become effective July 1, opponents filed suits in four Virginia circuit courts, Washington, Lancaster, Spotsylvania, and Fauquier counties, challenging the law under various…
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These Virginia Constitutional Amendments Need Opposition, Not Neutrality
A 32-30 vote to remain “neutral” where Republican State Central Committee members couldn’t even put their names to their votes? Unacceptable. by Shaun Kenney Now I will grant this. Never has a unit committee or state committee endorsement swung an election, at least not in recent memory. This is how inconsequential votes from the Republican…
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Do Democrats Really Believe in a Constitutional Republic?
The meltdown over the Virginia Supreme Court striking down Democrats’ illegal gerrymandering shows how far they’ve fallen from America’s constitutional foundations. by Jacon Grandstaff The childish meltdown Democrats have had in reaction to the Virginia Supreme Court’s striking down their unconstitutional gerrymandering shows they don’t know much about our republican form of government or simply…
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Virginia Dems Turn Their Ire on U.S. Supreme Court
by Kerry Dougherty When you attempt to do something illegal and the courts stop you, there’s only one thing to do: Attack the court and try to eliminate judicial independence. That’s a very dangerous game. And it’s the game Democrats are playing right now. Here are a few fun facts about the recent Democrat debacle…
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After the Vote, What’s Next for Virginia’s New Rigged Maps?
by Ali Ahmad Between Friday March 6th and Tuesday April 21st, a narrow majority of Virginia voters went to the polls (or to their mailboxes) and voted in favor of the disenfranchisement of rural Virginia, as part of a national effort to make New York Representative Hakeem Jefferies the Speaker of the House next year.…
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Virginia Supremes Deny Emergency Appeal to Certify Gerrymander
by Scott Dreyer On April 28, the State Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal from Attorney General Jay Jones to certify the ballots from the April 21 yes/no gerrymandering election. This means, instead of the high court now greenlighting an acceptance of the results from the controversial election, they will continue to deliberate before issuing their opinion, thus keeping…
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How the Southern Poverty Law Center Con Infiltrated Every Power Pillar in the U.S.
We can finally stop pretending cries of ‘racism’ are anything more than failed leftist political talking points. by Beth Brelje When the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) last week on 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, it revealed…
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Reading The Virginia Supreme Court Tea Leaves
by Kerry Dougherty These are the parlor games court watchers are playing in Virginia as the commonwealth’s Supreme Court justices mull one of the most consequential decisions of their careers. The seven justices will decide if the recent redistricting referendum, the one restoring gerrymandering to Virginia, will stand. It shouldn’t. And the entire country is…
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Virginia Democrats and Their Dysfunctional Election
Four hours is one thing, but 45 days? See a (juris) doctor. by Shaun Kenney Color me just a tiny bit surprised that the Great Seal of the Supreme Court of Virginia hasn’t been cancelled just yet. For those who have always wondered, Iustitia is holding the scales of justice in her left hand and petting what…