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The Virginia Declaration of Rights at 250

On June 12, 1776, Virginia’s Fifth Revolutionary Convention unanimously passed the Virginia Declaration of Rights. A trenchant, post-colonial statement affirming humankind’s inhere...

Virginia Claims State Constitution Does Not Protect Individual Gun Rights in Crump v. Katz

Virginia’s defense of SB749 goes beyond public safety claims. In Crump v. Katz, the Commonwealth argues that Article I, Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution is a militia-tied ri...

No Queens: Stop Tyranny in Virginia

From pot to pork, the Democrats’ budget will cost every Virginia adult an extra $3,880. by Victoria Mannning Virginia’s state motto, “Sic Semper Tyrannis,” or “Thus Always to Tyran...

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....

Constitutional – Circuit court applied wrong standard in church dispute

Where members of a church sought discovery on whether members had been disenfranchised, the circuit court erroneously considered the First Amendment’s freedom of association to be...

Honoring the Declaration in Richmond

For the next month, Virginians can see a vital piece of our shared national history. A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence will be on display at the Virginia Museum of His...

Virginia State GOP Set to Vote on Radical Democrat Amendments

The State Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia is meeting Saturday morning in Fredericksburg to consider whether to oppose or remain neutral on three highly contro...

VA250 Exhibit Rolls Across the Commonwealth

Virginia is taking a unique victory lap as the country celebrates its 250th birthday this year. The commonwealth was a leader in the rebellion against King George III and then in t...

Virginia Governor Vetoes Public-Sector Collective Bargaining Rights Bill

A House Is Not a Hotel

Even you can rent it out on AirBnb by Chap Petersen One of the best parts of being a Virginian is our State Constitution, specifically Article I, Section 11 which states that priva...

Virginia’s Gun Law Under Fire in Courts: Cuccinelli

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....

Virginia’s Reckless Budget Bill

by Jason Miyares Statement on Governor Spanberger’s Marijuana Budget Debacle I warned that rushing marijuana commercialization through Virginia would lead to reckless governing. Th...

Spanberger vetoes courthouse security bill

Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed Virginia legislation to standardize courthouse security, objecting to an exemption allowing attorneys to skip screenings. The post Spanberger vetoes...

Virginians May Be Asked to Vote for Higher Taxes

Do you want higher taxes? Local politicians may soon give many Virginia residents a chance to answer that question for themselves. Earlier this year, state Sen. L. Louise Lucas int...

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...

What Do Virginia Muslims Think?

The question has arisen in the comments of this blog regarding how Virginia Muslims reconcile their devotion to Sharia law with the American constitution. Qasim Rashid, a Universit...

Smyth Co. Commonwealth's Attorney says 'assault weapons ban' is "unconstitutional"

SMYTH COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Smyth County Commonwealth's Attorney Phillip Blevins Jr. said on Sunday that "his office would not support criminal charges resulting solely from techn...

Vermonters will vote on equal protection amendment to state constitution this fall

The proposal is aimed at ensuring all people are treated equally under the law regardless of their race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity o...

Another Line Crossed As Virginia Democrat Makes an Astonishing Threat Against a SCOVA Justice

Virginia and the Color Purple

Virginians are facing some tough battles this year, and it didn’t have to be that way. Republican leaders are getting heat for two votes taken on June 13 at the Republican Party of...

Good News in History, June 12

250 years ago today, Virginia’s colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights. Known as the “Virginia Declaration of Rights,” it formed the basis and foundation o...

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 sec...

Second Amendment Roundup: Virginia Bans "Assault Firearms"

The General Assembly tests the courts to see what it can get away with.

Radical pro-abortion amendment on ballot in Virginia this year faces legal challenge

Liberty Counsel is backing a lawsuit against a constitutional amendment in Virginia that would establish a virtually unlimited ‘right’ to abortion up to birth, contraception, IVF,...