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Category Archives: Commentary
Victoria’s make-believe amendment
There was great cause for celebration last week when the Attorney General couldn’t resist temptation, and released an advisory opinion on the Marshall/Newman amendment that proved our point: Lawyers and legal scholars can’t agree on how judges would interpret its … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Bill of Rights, Bob McDonnell, Marshall-Newman Amendment, VA "Family" Foundation
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Kaine will “vigorously” oppose amendment
The Washington Post today reported that Governor Timothy Kaine will “use the power of his office” to educate voters about the consequences of the Marshall/Newman amendment. “This is language I don’t feel comfortable putting into the constitution,” said Kaine, who … Continue reading
Dueling lawyers
Delegate Bob Marshall asked for an official opinion from the Attorney General on the impact of the proposed Marshall/Newman amendment, and he got one. Too bad he didn’t think harder about the context of that opinion and what it would … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Bob Marshall, General Assembly, Law, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Unintended consequences
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Conservatives refusing to be radicals, Part 2
Today’s Washington Post includes an opinion piece by conservative 4th Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, recently on the short list for a Bush appointment to the Supreme Court. In his rejection of both federal and state constitutional amendments to … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Bill of Rights, Conservatism, Editorials, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Media
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It’s official; they lied.
We previously reported the fact that the Ohio organization most responsible for passage of that state’s version of the Marshall/Newman amendment, Citizens for Community Values, had filed an amicus brief in a domestic violence case. The brief argues that unmarried … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Abuse, Marriage, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Pants on Fire
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Is abuse a “family value”?
This is very good exposure of the impact of Marshall/Newman on domestic violence law enforcement. In the context of the domestic violence professionals and elected officials cited, it’s painfully obvious that the pro-amendment ideologue interviewed for this article doesn’t have … Continue reading →