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Virginians deserve answers. We won't stop fighting for Virginians' First Amendment rights.

Up and down the ballot, every vote counts.

Spotsylvania County announced its plan to ban 23 books from its school libraries.

Edited education is a handicap. I trust our teachers and librarians. You should, too.

These obscenity proceedings are in line with a history of attacks on our First Amendment rights to read, learn, and think for ourselves.

Today in Sines v Kessler, the civil case against the organizers of the Unite the Right event in August, 2017 in Charlottesville, a jury reached a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, finding that white nationalists conspired to travel to Charlottesville, Virginia with the express purpose of inciting violence.

Even in a public health emergency, we must keep a watchful eye on the government to ensure that any COVID-19 response is grounded in science and accepted public health policy, and does not  infringe on our civil rights, including the right to privacy.

The Town of Richlands used its powers over land use planning to ban Mark Mullins from reading Tarot at his business. The ACLU of Virginia sued Richlands on behalf of Mr. Mullins, and as a result of a recent settlement, the town can no longer discriminate against Tarot reading shops.

For all the precautions to secure our privacy, the one device most of us never think about may be the most expensive and hardest to secure: our cars.