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Several Groups File Briefs to Support Lee Statue Removal Fencing was put up around the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue in January in preparation for its planned removal. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News) Richmond residents who are for and against the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue are gearing up for oral arguments at the Virginia Supreme Court as soon as this summer. Attorney General Mark Herring filed a brief Monday asking the court to dissolve a restraining order that’s preventing the state from taking down the monument. Several amicus briefs we...

TYLER HAMMEL | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress The Supreme Court of Virginia on Thursday issued an opinion that clears the way for Charlottesville to remove its statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The court sided with the city in its appeal of a Charlottesville Circuit Court ruling that found that the City Council violated state code when it voted to remove the statues. The court ruled in part that a previous law preventing the removal of war monuments did not apply to statues erected before 1997. The opinion ends a years-long ...

VA Supreme Court Rules Charlottesville Can Remove Confederate Statues The statue of Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Gen. Robert E. Lee stands in Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer is expected to make an announcement... The statue of Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Gen. Robert E. Lee stands in Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer is expected to make an announcement regarding the Robert E. Lee ...

Charlottesville may take down Lee and Stonewall Jackson monuments, Virginia Supreme Court rules Print this article The city of Charlottesville can take down the statues of two Confederate generals, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The decision overruled a state circuit court decision that had prevented the removal of Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson statues. Both statues were at the center of 2017's “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, at which white supremacist protesters opposing the statues' removal clashed with counterprotesters. Neo-Nazi James Field...

(Reuters) - Virginia's highest court on Thursday ruled the city of Charlottesville can remove two Confederate statues, including one of General Robert...