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Feb 22, 20222 min read
There is an Easy Fix to the AG’s Complaint About Staffing Issue
In the Virginia Mercury today, Ned Oliver reports that Attorney General Jason Miyares wants 75 new positions to handle an “unexpected”...
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Feb 18, 20224 min read
Some days you eat the bear, and some days the bear eats you
Elwin Charles “Preacher” Roe was a baseball player from Ash Flat, Arkansas. His major league career spanned 16 years in the mid-20th...
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Feb 17, 20225 min read
Two Opinions and Two Published Orders – plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
The last two weeks have seen the Court of Appeals release four published decisions – two by opinion and two by order – that perhaps give...
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Feb 4, 20223 min read
Why Defunding NASA would be Bad for the Economy
Time for another rant. Yesterday, NASA announced that it was having to delay its first test mission for the planned return to the moon. ...
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Feb 2, 20222 min read
Will the Virginia Supreme Court be Idle for Most of this Year?
In hopefully what is not a sign of things to come, the first month of the New Year passed without a single granted appeal from the...
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Feb 2, 20224 min read
Today’s Only Published Opinion from the Court of Appeals Gives Us 3 Pop Culture References
Today’s lone published opinion from the Court of Appeals, Dwayne Allen Ray, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, has a certain dramatic “Law...