Government watchdog Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit on behalf of former Magistrate Elizabeth Fuller against allegedly vengeful officials with the Virginia Supreme Court. The Office of the Executive Secretary of Magistrate Services fired Fuller. According to Judicial Watch, Fuller’s termination came after she discussed publicly available information that showed Virginia’s “soft-on-crime” policies as grossly […]
As this session continues to wind down to a rather boring conclusion, Republicans should be keen to find small opportunities to focus on what a 2023 agenda might look like.
Democratic-controlled Virginia Senate committees have defeated multiple GOP bills that passed the House of Delegates. Chief among them was legislation to repeal Virginia’s “red flag” law, which allows authorities to temporarily remove firearms from gun owners declared a danger to themselves or others. Del. Marie March (R-Floyd County) told the Senate panel considering her measure […]
A bill proposing to replace the increasingly controversial word “alien” in the Virginia code when referring to documented and illegal immigrants has passed both chambers of the General Assembly in Richmond. Now, it’s headed to Gov. Youngkin’s desk. Although it remains to be seen what Youngkin will do, the legislation received bipartisan support in the […]
The White House has asked governors to provide troops from their state’s national guard for Tuesday’s State of the Union address. One governor is flatly refusing the administration’s request. In a Tweet this afternoon, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) made it abundantly clear that he has no intention of complying. Last week, the Biden Administration requested the assistance of State […]
The House of Delegates has passed legislation allowing for greater parental oversight of sexually explicit classroom materials. The vote sends the bill, which already passed the Virginia Senate, to Gov. Youngkin’s desk. Youngkin included the legislation as part of his “Day One Game Plan Legislative Agenda” in the hopes of bringing Virginians together. As Virginia […]
Some governors aren’t waiting for the federal government to dole out additional punishments against Russia for invading Ukraine in an unprovoked war of aggression. Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin happens to be one of them. Over the weekend, Youngkin urged Virginia businesses and local governments to cut ties with Russian entities. Richmond’s WRIC reports: In a statement […]
According to criticalrace.org, a site that monitors CRT curricula and training in higher education, at least 23 of America’s 25 most prestigious medical colleges and universities have some form of mandatory student training or coursework on ideas related to CRT. William Jacobson, professor at Cornell Law School and founder of Legal Insurrection designed and curated criticalrace.org’s sprawling database that previously examined elite […]
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Unusual phenomenon can occur when Republicans are elected to positions of power. Following the GOP’s statewide office sweep in Virginia, an outspoken anti-CRT activist in Virginia, implausibly, finds herself working for the government of Virginia. Patti Hidalgo Menders, the former president of the Loudoun Republican Women’s Club — not to mention one of the leading […]
