Tag: Emilio Jaksetic
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Religious-Freedom Challenges to Northam’s Executive Orders
by Emilio Jaksetic Three churches in Virginia are suing Governor Northam over restrictions in his latest pandemic-related executive order, claiming their rights to religious freedom are being infringed. (See The Virginia Star article here.) The cases raise questions about Northam’s authority to limit, restrict or otherwise regulate religious activities in response to the pandemic. In…
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Legal Futility of Virginia’s Online Petitions
by Emilio Jaksetic Currently, online petitions are advocating the removal of the superintendent of the Fairfax County Public Schools and the principal of Thomas Jefferson High School. (See the petitions here and here.) Such online petitions are legally futile. Under Virginia law, removal of elected officials such as Fairfax County school board members is handled differently…
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Solar Panels in Virginia: A Primer
by Emilio Jaksetic Virginia law (Virginia Code, Section 67-701 ) makes it easier for owners to consider installing solar panels on their property by limiting the ability of community associations to prohibit or restrict the installation of solar panels on the owner’s property. While the statute is likely to encourage the use of solar panels…
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Herring Is Moonlighting in Election-Law Litigation
by Emilio Jaksetic This year Attorney General Mark Herring has joined legal filings in court cases involving election law disputes in six other states. This is strange because legal disputes about the election laws of other states: (1) are not within his jurisdiction or authority, (2) have no legal effect on Virginia or its elections;…
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Fairfax School Board Should Focus on Schools, Not Environmental Policy
by Emilio Jaksetic Not content with running the county’s public school system, the Fairfax County School Board now is involved with developing strategies and recommendations for county environmental policy. The results can be seen in the Final Report of the Oct. 1, 2020, Fairfax County Joint Environmental Task Force (JET). In April 2019, the JET…