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The Republican Standard
- January 18, 2019
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“We are free to declare, and do declare that the rights hereby asserted, are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right,” said Thomas Jefferson regarding any enacted premise that would strip Virginians, and indeed Americans, of their religious liberty.

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The Republican Standard
- September 13, 2018
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Following Senator Mark Warner’s refusal to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia’s other senator, Tim Kaine, will also not support him, revealing an animus towards President Donald Trump – angering many Virginians.

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The Republican Standard
- September 7, 2018
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“63 years later, does the U.S. Constitution or federal law provide a legal remedy for the failure to satisfy the Brown II mandate on school infrastructure?” State Senator Bill Stanley asks Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring as the consensus to fix crumbling schools throughout the Commonwealth gains widespread, bipartisan acclaim.

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The Republican Standard
- September 4, 2018
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The 416-page appeal from the Republican speaker of the Virginia legislature prods the U.S. Supreme Court to consider “paradigmatic” errors made by the district court in their decision to declare 11 House districts unconstitutionally racially gerrymandered.

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The Republican Standard
- August 31, 2018
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When the Albemarle County School Board was met by the Hate-Free School Coalition, who has advocated for the banning of Confederate imagery, no productive conversations happened, no positive engagement occurred, and the only thing accomplished was chaos.

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The Republican Standard
- August 15, 2018
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A political ad featuring a soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice has never been made. However, those in swing states got to see one for the first time ever.

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The Republican Standard
- May 14, 2018
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UVA’s speech suppression policy has been challenged by a Bible-carrying alumnus. Violating the First Amendment does not dissuade hate speech. As Dr. King once said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

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The Republican Standard
- May 10, 2018
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As UVA is set to implement restrictive rules and guidelines on “expressive activities,” they must not institute an area where freedom of expression is dissuaded, causing a reverse in citizen reconciliation.

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The Republican Standard
- April 4, 2018
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Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is wrong about the Second Amendment and is engaging in judicial activism to provide gun control.

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The Republican Standard
- April 2, 2018
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A Virginia restaurant has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Commonwealth’s “happy hour” laws that ban advertisements.