On the same day Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a successful operation to arrest more than 1,300 illegal aliens throughout Virginia and Maryland, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones launched a legal team to stop federal activity in the commonwealth. Jones’ “Legal Unit to Confront Unprecedented Trump Administration Overreach” covers more than just immigration enforcement, […]
‘This court has concerns about the treacherous patchwork of enforcement’
A Virginia judge informed state officials in a Tuesday letter that a newly passed ban on modern semiautomatic firearms was blocked across the state, citing the potential for a “treacherous patchwork” within Virginia. Shortly after Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the ban on so-called “assault weapons,” SB 749, into law on May 14, pro-Second Amendment organizations, including the National Rifle Association (NRA), Gun Owners of America (GOA), Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed lawsuits seeking to have the ban invalidated on Second Amendment grounds. The letter from Washington County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Campbell extending…Open
The Virginia Supreme Court is maintaining a block on the certification of the state's redistricted electoral map, prolonging the legal battle over its constitutionality.
The Virginia Supreme Court is maintaining a lower court block on the certification of the state’s redistricted electoral map, prolonging the legal battle over its constitutionality. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Virginia Supreme Court has declined to lift a block on certifying the results of a referendum on changing the state’s electoral map in a manner that favors the Democrats. The results were initially blocked by a lower court, citing concerns over the referendum’s constitutionality. DETAIL: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Virginia denied a motion put forward by Jay Jones, Attorney General of Virginia (D), to overturn a ruling disallowing the certification of the results of the state’s redistricting referendum. In a…Open