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Montgomery: A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the state’s mandatory face mask mandate, which opponents claimed is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins, in a decision Tuesday, dismissed the lawsuit calling it a “shotgun pleading” that makes a lot of accusations without organization or solid legal claims. The same judge in October had refused the suit’s request to block the mask rule, which health officials have credited with lessening the impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. The mask order, which was first imposed in the summer and extends at least through Jan. 22, requires anyone over the age of 6 to wear masks in indoor public spaces and outdoors when it’s impossible to stay at least 6 feet away from others. The lawsuit was filed by former Alabama Chief J
An estimated 300,000 immigrants in the state seek to benefit from the new law. I have many friends who have wanted this because they have their cars, and other people have had to drive them around because they re scared. But they are happy because they will be able to move from one place to another,” Sheila Esteban Gómez said.
To be eligible for a driver privilege card, one must:
Be a non-U.S. citizen who is a resident of Virginia
Have reported income from Virginia sources or be claimed as a dependent on a tax return filed in Virginia in the past 12 months
A legal case challenging the constitutionality of “red flag” gun confiscation laws was dismissed Friday after VA Attorney General Mark Herring declared such laws did not violate constitutional rights.
The case, which was filed by a Virginian man in July who claims the new state law was unconstitutional, was dismissed by Judge Glen E. Conrad in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, WWBT reported.
“Virginians voted overwhelmingly for gun violence prevention last November and the General Assembly delivered by passing proven-effective measures, like this so-called ‘red-flag’ law,” Herring said. “In Virginia, we have already seen how this ‘red flag’ law has been used to save lives by keeping firearms out of the hands of someone who could use it to harm themselves or others.”