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Senators have left town, and House members have turned off Zoom. But in many very important ways the session is not over yet. That s because Governor Ralph Northam gets an opportunity to weigh in on all 900-something bills lawmakers put on his desk.
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Stephen Farnsworth at the University of Mary Washington says people forget how powerful Virginia s governor is. In many ways, a Virginia governor is a legislator in chief, Farnsworth explains. They can amend bills. They can veto bills in their entirety like a president can, and they can make suggestions to improve the legislation in their view.
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A flowering marijuana plant at the gLeaf facility. (Photo: Alex Scribner/VPM News)
Virginia cannabis connoisseurs will have to wait nearly three years before the drug is fully legalized under a plan approved by the General Assembly on Saturday. And while the Jan. 1, 2024 start date is firm under the current legislation, lawmakers will have to re-approve large parts of the regulations guiding legalization when they meet next year.
The bill now heads to Gov. Ralph Northam, who has made legalization a priority in his final year in office.
The agreement passed over the objections of a coalition of criminal justice advocates ranging from the ACLU of Virginia to the advocacy group Marijuana Justice. Many had pushed for the state to remove all fines and penalties for possessing the drug beginning July 1 of this year. Seven Democratic lawmakers in the House of Delegates appeared to agree, sitting out the vote.
McLean County Museum of History
Most people in Bloomington-Normal know David Davis as the campaign manager for Abe Lincoln. Most know him as the guy who had a big mansion built on the near east side of Bloomington. Most know him as a judge in the legal circuit where Lincoln rode before his rise to national prominence.
You might even know Davis was a Supreme Court justice, but you probably don’t know much about an opinion he wrote that still resonates today. It’s called Ex Parte Milligan and deals with the question of when civilian courts control trials and when military courts have control of a case.