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George Mason Law’s tight ties to SCOTUS and more Va. headlines [1]

['Staff Report', 'More From Author', '- May']

Date: 2023-05 

• George Mason University’s law school has cultivated an “unusually expansive relationship” with conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, creating an environment where “their legal views are celebrated, they are given top pay and treated to teaching trips abroad.”—New York Times

• Virginia parents and teachers say they’re increasingly worried about gun violence in schools. “We are trusting schools with the physical safety of our children for a huge portion of the day.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• A Lynchburg city councilor is calling for the cancellation of an LGBTQ-themed school play that he claims contains anti-Christian “hate speech.”—News & Advance

• State officials are beginning the process of “unwinding” a pandemic-era expansion of Medicaid, a process that could lead to an estimated 400,000 Virginians being removed from the health coverage program.—Washington Post

• Newport News School Board is asking a court to dismiss the $40 million lawsuit filed by teacher Abigail Zwerner, arguing being shot by a student should be treated as a worker’s compensation issue.—NBC News

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