Soliciting and conspiracy, and murder
Continuing with the discussion — James Alex Fields, Jr., who was in Charlottesville to attend the Unite the Right rally, is charged with driving his car on August 12, 2017, into a crowd of...
View ArticlePolitical Demonstrations and Guns
I was in downtown Charlottesville on Saturday, and the single most disconcerting, disorienting, confusing, troubling thing I saw was the “militia” brought in by Jason Kessler and his friends to...
View ArticleCharlottesville’s argument for moving Rally was weak
I am always reluctant to offer Monday-morning-quarterbacking and second-guessing of what other people put in court filings, because I usually don’t know the facts that the other lawyers know, and it...
View ArticleCharlottesville is not liable for injuries sustained at Rally
The City of Charlottesville, Police Chief Al Thomas, and State Police Superintendent Steven Flaherty have been sued for injuries allegedly suffered by Robert Sanchez Turner when he was hit by water...
View ArticleCan Charlottesville ban guns at a political rally?
On August 12, when the Unite-the-Right rally came to Charlottesville’s Emancipation Park, there were four groups with assault rifle-style weapons: The State Police riot squad; The National Guard; The...
View ArticleVirginia law on burning crosses and tiki torches
The alt-right demonstrators who keep coming to Charlottesville like to march around carrying tiki torches. Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy has called on the Commonwealth's Attorney to prosecute them under...
View ArticleDefending the First Amendment’s principle of content neutrality
The First Amendment's requirement of content neutrality protects even hate speech, and it is not a tool of white supremacists.
View ArticleCan a School System Prohibit Confederate Flag T-shirts?
In Charlottesville and Albemarle County right now, activists are trying to get local school boards to adopt policies that would prohibit Confederate flag T-shirts. Can they, consistent with the First...
View ArticleNo, Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination has nothing to do with the “separate...
About 3 days ago, a meme started floating around the Internet that suggested that the REAL REASON that the Republicans are trying to rush through Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is because they need him...
View ArticleThe Color of Law and the History of Race Discrimination in Housing
I spent a long plane ride across the country reading Richard Rothstein’s “Color of Law,” at the recommendation of two FaceBook friends and a guy who just happened to overhear a conversation at Cville...
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