For over seven decades, the business and political leadership of the Commonwealth (and those of many other states) has asserted, insisted that “right to work” (RTW) laws promote commercial investment and development. A corollary to RTW: state bans against collective… Read More ›
Editors’ Note: The N.C. state court essentially adopted Justice Elena Kagan’s dissent, which is a masterpiece “Brandeis brief” against gerrymandering. Her analysis is likely to be repeated in other state challenges. Excerpted from The New York Times, September 4, 2019…. Read More ›
Editors’ Note: Sometimes, the words of others are the best expression of outrage. What is astonishing here is the use of federal investigative power selectively to threaten U.S. business and a state. Editorial reprinted from The New York Times, September… Read More ›
In 1930, the population of Fairfax County was a bit over 25,000. By 1940, it was nearly 41,000, inflated by the post-Depression economy and the proliferation of the federal workforce and military. The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) was created… Read More ›
Editors’ note: Excerpted from The Hill, September 1, 2019. By Brett Samuels Ken Cuccinelli is wielding immense power as the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), where he has rolled out multiple significant and controversial policies in recent… Read More ›
Reviewed by Jim McCarthy The author is a retired circuit court judge having served 27 years on the bench in Virginia. The Substitution Order, the latest of four works, was recently reviewed in The New York Times Book Review, catching this reader’s… Read More ›
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet nicely complements “Virginia Is For Lovers.” And, if recent data are evidence of the ways counted, a very large number of folks who do not reside in the Commonwealth have expressed that love. Political contributions data… Read More ›