The Virginia Military Institute’s board of visitors and superintendent issued statements Tuesday afternoon concerning the just-released report on campus culture, as did Gov. Ralph Northam and other state leaders.
It’s safe to say that John Warner, who prided himself in rising above partisan politics, would have supported the creation of an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Unfortunately, there weren’t enough Republican senators who shared his commitment to principal over party to prevent a filibuster from blocking the creation of the commission.
For the first time since 1973, the Supreme Court will decide whether a broad abortion ban - not just a regulation restricting its availability, funding, or method - is legal. If a majority of the court upholds a Mississippi law banning nonemergency abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a key pillar of US abortion policy for the past half century will fall.
