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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that allows restrictions on alcohol-related advertising in college publications in Virginia. However, arguments against the restrictions will continue in the lower courts. “We are disappointed that the Supreme Court decided not to hear this important First Amendment…
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The ACLU of Virginia today asked the U.S Supreme Court to review a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that allows restrictions on alcohol-related advertising in college publications in Virginia. In April, on a divided vote, the Fourth Circuit upheld the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s prohibition on the advertising of beer, wine,…
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The latest attempt of a Virginia woman to have the United States Supreme Court overrule a series of rulings in a long-running custody dispute involving her former domestic partner failed Monday. The Supreme Court let stand the lower-court rulings that recognized that a Vermont court has jurisdiction in the case involving custody of a child…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Virginia Supreme Court today affirmed an appeals-court ruling granting a woman full visitation rights to the daughter that she had been raising with her former lesbian partner. The decision in the Jenkins v. Miller case also affirms that federal and state laws governing child-custody disputes apply equally to gay,…
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The Trump Court was asked to weigh in on laws and regulations in 29 states, including Virginia, banning trans athletes from competing in youth and college sports.
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A Supreme Court ruling upholds the constitutional notion of birthright citizenship that has been the law of the land since the 1860s.
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The Trump Court had a field day at the expense of Donald Trump on Monday, with a flurry of rulings hitting at key points on the Trump agenda.
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The worst-kept secret in Virginia politics, if it was a secret at all, is out of the bag now – Ben Cline, on Monday, announced his campaign for re-election to Congress.
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The U.S. Supreme Court, not surprisingly, is not even going to hear the challenge from Virginia Democrats to the state Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the April 21 redistricting referendum.
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Ben Cline has joined a suit filed by national MAGAs with the same bumfart Southwest Virginia judge who got his hand slapped by the Virginia Supreme Court earlier this month.
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