Category: Virginia Law
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RVA 5×5: Annual Crime Briefing Numbers
by Jon Baliles The Richmond Police Department held its annual crime review briefing this week and the numbers were positive on the surface, a little mixed in total, and almost miraculous considering the force has more than 150 vacancies. Mark Bowes writes in the Times-Dispatch that โThe good news for the city of Richmond from…
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Virginia Senate Committee Passes Second Look Bill
by Hans Bader Do all inmates deserve a chance for release? Even a serial killer, or a serial rapist who has been locked up and released before? They may soon have that chance in Virginia. In the state Senate, the Judiciary Committee has just approved the Second Look bill, SB 842. It would allow offenders…
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Politics, Virginia Style
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by Bill Bolling It has been said that if you love politics, Virgina is a great place to be because there is an election every year! This year, 2023, will be no exception with all 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly up for grabs. But 2023 will not be your typical General Assembly election…
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Uncancelling Lee
๏ปฟ Douglas Murray, author of “War on the West,” has launched a new videocast series entitled, Uncancelled History. In Episode 1, he interviews Jonathan Horn, author of “The Man Who Would Not Be Washington” to uncancel Robert E. Lee. Whether you revere Lee or revile him, it’s a great interview. Murray and Horn place Lee…
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Jamestown Settlement – A Flawless Weaving of American History
by James C. Sherlock Sunday, on a brilliant fall day in Hampton Roads, my wife and I went on an outing. Despite having lived in Virginia for many decades, neither of us had ever been to Jamestown. We all know the outlines of the story. Jamestown was founded in 1607 as a commercial venture by…
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Hormone Treatment of Transgender Adolescents in Virginia – New Concerns
by James C. Sherlock We have discussed at length the controversial policies of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). It is time to consider the impact of Great Britainโs ongoing National Health Service Review of its transgender support to children and young people. It offers new concerns about clinical challenges in the diagnosis and treatment…
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Lee, Jackson, the Right of Rebellion, and Hanging Cromwell’s Corpse
by Jock Yellott As an August vacation from current events, let’s explore Virginia’s Right of Rebellion — and the question of Confederate treason. It’s in our state constitution Bill of Rights: “Whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to [the benefit, protection, and security of the people] a majority of the community hath…
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Virginia Needs Better Information Sharing to Provide Mandated Public Services to Illegals Efficiently and Effectively
by James C. Sherlock I am on record as a persistent advocate of improving the quality of both schools and medical services for poor and minority citizens. It has been the main focus of my work for years. In a directly related matter, we read, with different reactions depending upon our politics, of the struggles…
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A Letter to an Old Friend
by James C. Sherlock This article is rendered as a letter responding to an old friend and mentor, the University of Virginia, my alma mater. I can imagine the University’s response to my last article on its culture: The changes we have experienced in the culture of the University, its pervasive progressivism, which some may…
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Home Price Volatility and Virginia Property Taxes
by James C. Sherlock Housing prices have more than doubled since 2012, reflecting shortages of supply and the resulting speculation. The increasing slope of those curves above is not comforting. Prices haveย soared over 20% in a year. Mortgage rates are up. What could possibly happen next? Most can figure that out. But this article is…
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Richmond Parents and Taxpayers, Welcome to Chicago Public Schools
by James C. Sherlock The gulf between what the City of Richmond School Board (RSB) and the Richmond City Council (RCC) on what will be negotiated with their public unions is actually an ocean. The RSB has authorized the negotiation of virtually everything about how the schools are run. It leaves nothing off the table…
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Still Time to Limit Governorโs Emergency Powers
by Barbara Hollingsworth First published this morning by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. Should the governor of Virginia have the power to unilaterally declare an open-ended state of emergency that indefinitely restricts Virginiansโ civil and constitutional rights without a recorded vote by the General Assembly? The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns raised this serious question.…
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Ten Things Democrats Want Taught in Schools
by Steve Haner What are the most important facts to Virginia Democrats about American and Virginia history? Ask individuals and you get a host of answers, but the Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates focused on ten items last week they want to be sure our public schools teach. The context was the floor…
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Virginia Penalties for Battery Against School and Healthcare Personnel are a Problem
by James C. Sherlock Virginia has a law that, having been amended piecemeal over the years, is inconsistent, inflexible and may not provide the protections that lawmakers or potential victims intended. The law is Code of Virginia ยง 18.2-57. Assault and battery; penalty. A member of the Fairfax County bar has reportedย that progressive Commonwealthโs Attorney…
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Bureaucrats Are Not Running Amok
by Dick Hall-Sizemore In a couple of recent posts, much has been made of Governor-elect Youngkin’s comments about reviewing regulations. After thinking about this promise and remembering similar promises by former governors, I decided to undertake one of my favorite exercises: poking around in the Code of Virginia a little bit. I found two items…