Articles Featuring Richard C. Schragger

Sizing Up the Supreme Court Term
July 1, 2022
3 Professors Elected to American Law Institute
December 20, 2021
Sizing Up the Supreme Court Term
July 7, 2021
Is It Time for Home Rule in Virginia?
March 24, 2020
What the Cross Case Says About Religion at the Court
June 21, 2019
A Turning Point for Religion at the Supreme Court?
June 11, 2019
Professor Richard Schragger’s Scholarship Among Best Environmental Law Articles of the Year
December 3, 2018
Faculty Explore the Travel Ban Ruling
June 26, 2018
How Can Charlottesville Work Within the Law to Counteract Supremacist Rallies? Richard Schragger Explains
Professors: It's Legal To Take Down Confederate Monuments
August 31, 2017
Rich Schragger: Is Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Statue Illegal?
Richard Schragger on Why Cities' Power Should Measure Up to Their Economic Power
Media Tip Sheet: UVA Law Experts Available for Comment on Supreme Court Decisions
May 25, 2017
Richard Schragger on the Legal Challenge to Trump's 'Religious Liberty' Executive Order
Schwartzman Helps Lead Amicus by Constitutional Law Professors on Travel Ban Cases
April 20, 2017
Richard Schragger on How Cities Can Flex Their Political Muscle
The Legal Landmarks of 2016
December 19, 2016
Food for Thought: Incubator Lunches Allow Professors to Audition Ideas for Scholarship
November 21, 2016
Cities Have More Sway Than Often Perceived, Professor Richard Schragger Says in New Book
September 13, 2016
History in the Making: Risa Goluboff, UVA Law's First Female Dean, Takes Office
July 1, 2016
UVA Law Faculty Comment on Key Supreme Court Decisions
June 27, 2016
Property Law Expert and Legal Historian Maureen Brady to Join Faculty
May 31, 2016
New Book Charts Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty
January 19, 2016
UVA Law Professors Analyze Supreme Court's Same-Sex Marriage Rulings
June 26, 2013
Schragger on Debt Crises Facing States, Localities
November 2, 2011
In Wake of Wall Street Protests, Professors Illuminate 'Corporate Personhood'
October 20, 2011
Schragger Casts New Light on What Keeps Church, State Separate
August 18, 2010
Young Legal Scholars Look to Make Their Mark
June 23, 2003
We Can Build Pro-Worker Cities
May 4, 2023
Land Use Deregulation and Affordable Housing
April 21, 2023
In a Town Plagued By an Environmental Crisis, a Local Abortion Debate Consumes Public Attention
April 18, 2023
Ep 97 ft. Rich Schragger
February 7, 2023
Politics All the Way Down
January 30, 2023
Rich Schragger on the Power of Cities
December 14, 2022
Five Months After the Dobbs Decision, Bristol Has Become a Microcosm of the National Abortion Debate
November 19, 2022
An Abortion Battle in Southwest Virginia Could Have Big Implications
November 7, 2022
Confederate Groups May Once Again Stall Charlottesville’s Plans for the Statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee
August 10, 2022
Art or Ingots, Confederate Statues’ Fates Await
July 9, 2022
The Bad Things That Happen When States Tell Cities What to Do
June 14, 2022
What Common Good?
April 7, 2022
At Harvard, Ketanji Brown Jackson Fought Injustices but Kept a Steely Academic Focus
March 20, 2022
Midway Manor and Its 98 Affordable Apartments Has Been Sold and the New Owner is Asking Charlottesville for Up to $23 Million To Help Finance Repairs
February 25, 2022
How Ketanji Brown Jackson Found a Path Between Confrontation and Compromise
February 25, 2022
Trouble With Your HOA? Here Are Your Options as a Homeowner
February 25, 2022
Local Control of Land Use: A Partial Defense
February 17, 2022
Youngkin’s Executive Orders Raise Constitutional Questions. It’s Unclear When They’ll Be Answered.
February 9, 2022
Why Virginia Governor’s Tip Line Is Sparking New Critical Race Theory Concerns in Schools
January 29, 2022
Editorial: Slow Down, Governor Youngkin
January 22, 2022
In Northern Virginia, A Polarized Debate Over Masking In Schools
January 21, 2022
Did Trump Test The Boundaries Of Presidential Immunity On Jan. 6? A Judge Will Soon Decide
January 17, 2022
Legal, Legislative Efforts Seek Justice a Year After U.S. Capitol Insurrection
January 5, 2022
The Stance on Virginia's Confederate Monuments: It’s Complicated
November 28, 2021
Jury Finds Rally Organizers Responsible for Charlottesville Violence
November 23, 2021
Victims of Charlottesville Rally Argue the Violence Was Planned
October 24, 2021
White Supremacists Are Returning to Charlottesville. But This Time, They’re on Trial.
October 23, 2021
Some Thoughts on Anti-Localism and the National League of Cities’ Principles of Home Rule for the 21
October 5, 2021
Virginia High Court Clears Way for Removal of State-Owned Confederate Statue
September 2, 2021
Governor Touts High Court Rulings To Remove Lee Statue as ‘Tremendous Win’ for Virginians
September 2, 2021
Gen. Lee Statue Can Be Removed, Virginia Supreme Court Rules
September 2, 2021
‘Today It Is Clear—the Largest Confederate Monument in the South is Coming Down.’: Court Rulings Clear Way for Removal of Lee Monument in Richmond
September 2, 2021
VA Solicitor General Nominated to Serve as Federal Judge
July 5, 2021
Cities Say Infrastructure Is Top Priority in 2021
June 15, 2021
Virginia Justices Silent as State Argues for Removal of Confederate Statue
June 8, 2021
Fate of Lee Monument in Richmond To Be Argued Tuesday Before Virginia Supreme Court
June 4, 2021
Federalism in the Age of COVID
May 27, 2021
Richard C. Schragger Column: Basic Principles of Property Law Support the Governor’s Decision To Remove the Lee Statue
May 24, 2021
Chicago Mayor Faces Dashed Hopes of Her Backers
May 20, 2021
Community Members hope Charlottesville City Council Acts Swiftly on Confederate Monument Removal
April 26, 2021
Do Pro-Gun ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’ Threaten a Constitutional Crisis?
April 20, 2021
The Year That Drove Old Dixie Down
April 11, 2021
High Court: Charlottesville Can Remove Confederate Statues
April 1, 2021
Following State Supreme Court Ruling, Charlottesville To Act on Confederate Monument Removal
April 1, 2021
Charlottesville Can Remove Confederate Statues, High Court Rules
April 1, 2021
Virginia Supreme Court Sides With Charlottesville Over Confederate Statues
April 1, 2021
Ruling Clears Way for Removal of Charlottesville’s Confederate Statues
April 1, 2021
How Does the Dillon Rule Limit Local Virginia Lawmakers‪?‬
February 24, 2021
Why Cities Have More People but Less Clout
February 19, 2021
Virginia Senator Sues Chamber Over Censure Tied to Capitol Riot
February 1, 2021
Wake-Up Call: The Role of Elected Officials
January 10, 2021
Virginia Counties Fight Northam’s Shutdown Orders as COVID Cases Surge
November 25, 2020
The Past and Future of Home Rule in Virginia
November 19, 2020
Charlottesville Confederate Statues Case Argued Before Virginia Supreme Court
November 6, 2020
At the City Level, Progressives Flex New Power
November 5, 2020
Symposium: Religious Privilege in Fulton and Beyond
November 2, 2020
Virginia Judge Paves Way for Removal of Confederate Statue
October 27, 2020
Judge Sides with Removal but Lee Statue will Stay Put Until Lawsuit Resolved
October 27, 2020
What Power Do US Mayors Really Have?
October 23, 2020
City Argues Supreme Court Should Throw Out Injunction Stopping Removal of Confederate Monuments, Reverse Lower Court Decision Awarding Attorneys Fees to Plaintiffs
September 21, 2020
Virginia Gov Faces New Hurdle in Bid To Remove Lee Statue
August 3, 2020
Judge Starts New Injunction Barring Lee Statue Removal
August 3, 2020
Albemarle Man Sues City Officials Over New ‘Red Flag’ law
July 23, 2020
Courthouse’s Confederate Statue Enters Giles County Drug Case
July 8, 2020
Confederate Monuments Coming Down in Virginia, But 2 Prominent Lee Statues Remain
July 6, 2020
The Separation of Church and State Is Breaking Down Under Trump
June 29, 2020
Richard Schragger Column: Pandemics and Our Faulty Federalism
June 27, 2020
City Council Waiting for Judge To Alter Injunction To Go Ahead With Process To Remove Confederate Monuments
June 22, 2020
The Quiet Demise of the Separation of Church and State
June 8, 2020
Monument Fund Asks Judge To Dissolve Injunction Preventing Charlottesville Confederate Statue Removal
June 5, 2020
Virginia Beach Restaurant Abbey Road Sues Northam for Barring Indoor Dining
June 2, 2020
Schilling, Tobey’s Owner File Lawsuit Over Governor’s Mask Order
June 1, 2020
Responding to COVID-19: Federal, State, Local
May 21, 2020
Churches Have Been Hypocritical During the Pandemic
May 13, 2020
Second Amendment Sanctuaries and the Difference Between Home Rule, Local Recalcitrance, and Interposition
May 5, 2020
Virginia Gyms Lose Challenge to Business Shutdown Order
April 30, 2020
A Virginia Shooting Range Can Reopen During Pandemic, Judge Rules. It’s Not Clear Whether the Order Applies Statewide.
April 27, 2020
Va. Gun Range Wins First Victory Against Order Requiring Businesses To Close
April 27, 2020
Deadline for Northam To Sign Statues Bill Looms
March 31, 2020
As Northam Issues Stay-at-Home Order, Local Hospitals Continue To Prepare for Influx of Patients
March 30, 2020
General Assembly Setting Stage for Action on Confederate Monuments
February 14, 2020
Sanctuary Counties: Inside Virginia’s Gun Rights Resistance
February 13, 2020
Local Government: Constitutional Foundations, Urban Policy
February 13, 2020
W.Va. Governor Justice Says He’d Welcome Va. Counties Wanting To Secede ‘With Open Arms’
January 29, 2020
West Virginia’s Governor to Virginia Counties: Leave Your Blue State and Join West Virginia
January 28, 2020
Falwell and W.Va. Governor Pitch Virginia Secession Plea
January 28, 2020
Low Pay, Little Power: Charlottesville Mayors Have Limited Authority
January 22, 2020
Norton Militia Resolution Misses Legal Detail — Virginia’s Law on Militias
January 10, 2020
Pleading the Second Amendment
January 6, 2020
In Virginia, Democrats Get Ready to Rule the Roost
December 22, 2019
Line in the Sand or Symbolic Statement: 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Movement Grows in Virginia
December 20, 2019
Richard Schragger Column: It’s Time for Home Rule in Virginia
December 16, 2019
Virginia Counties Declare Gun Sanctuaries, But Experts Say They ‘Don’t Have Force of Law’
December 13, 2019
Hampton City Council: It’s Too Soon To Become a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary
December 12, 2019
Virginia Counties Are Declaring Themselves ‘Sanctuaries’ for Second Amendment. Will It Affect Gun Laws?
December 11, 2019
‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Movement Grows in Virginia as Democrats Ready Gun Control Measures
December 11, 2019
Why Arlington and Fairfax Can’t Tax Plastic Bags — and Why That Might Change
December 10, 2019
Virginia Gun Rights Groups Are Pushing ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries.’ But What Does That Mean?
December 5, 2019
Virginia Counties Declare They Won’t Abide By New Gun Laws. Is That Legal?
December 4, 2019
Louisa County To Discuss Becoming a Second Amendment Sanctuary
December 2, 2019
Hudson’s Planned Statues Bill Could Be Among Several Challenging Dillon Rule
November 27, 2019
Washington County, Virginia, To Consider ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Resolution
November 23, 2019
Following Supreme Court Ruling, Battle Over Uranium Mining Going to Virginia Trial in February
November 22, 2019
Constitutional Law Professor Explains Effectiveness of Second Amendment Sanctuaries
November 20, 2019
150-Year-Old Precedent Faces Changes in New, Blue Virginia
November 17, 2019
Charlottesville Lawsuit Puts Rising Intolerance on Trial
October 28, 2019
Prosecutors: Virginia City Can Move Confederate Monument
October 23, 2019
Despite Ruling Against City, Confederate Statue Case Could Continue
September 15, 2019
Trial Could Close the Door on Arguments in Confederate Statues Lawsuit
September 7, 2019
City Sues To Remove Confederate Monument, Citing Free Speech
August 20, 2019
Local NAACP Branch files Federal Suit Against Hanover County Over Two Confederate School Names
August 16, 2019
Does a Lawsuit Dismissal, about Norfolk Statues, Cast Doubt on the Charlottesville Case?
August 1, 2019
Norfolk Statues Suit Dismissal Casts Doubt on Charlottesville Defense
July 28, 2019
‘Peace Cross’ Ruling is Likely to Insulate Older Religious Displays From Lawsuits
June 25, 2019
Miller Center Welcomes New Faculty Senior Fellows
June 6, 2019
Richard Schragger Discusses Charlottesville Statue Lawsuit’s Implications for Local Governments
May 27, 2019
Richard Schragger Column: High Stakes in the Charlottesville Monuments Litigation
May 10, 2019
The Confederate Statues’ Ruling
May 10, 2019
Class of 2019: This Grad’s Journey Winds From Football to Business to Law
May 7, 2019
Judge Still Must Weigh Context of Confederate Statues in Lawsuit
May 4, 2019
Charlottesville Confederate Statues Are Protected by State Law, Judge Rules
May 1, 2019
Activists Are Invoking Religious Freedom To Save Migrants’ Lives
April 15, 2019
Trump’s Unyielding Religious Exemptions from the Contraceptive Coverage Requirement Are Unconstitutional
March 26, 2019
Richard Schragger Column: It's the City's Right To Remove Confederate Monuments
March 3, 2019
The Bladensburg Peace Cross Sends the Message That Some Citizens Are Less Valued Than Others
February 26, 2019
Progressive Politicians Plan to Mold New York City Into a Model for the Nation
February 1, 2019
Navigating the City/State Divide: What’s Next for Progressive Elected Officials?
January 30, 2019
City Power: Urban Governance in a Global Age, by Richard Schragger
January 9, 2019
A Best Environmental Law Articles of the Year | Professor Richard Schragger
December 4, 2018
Where We Live: New Tool Empowers Citizens To Negotiate Directly With Developers
September 11, 2018
Video: UVA Experts on the Future of Abortion Rights in America
July 20, 2018
The Attack on American Cities
June 14, 2018
Smith Lives: The Politics of Free Exercise
June 12, 2018
Panelists Suggest Updates for Nation’s Basic Minimum Wage, Overtime Law
March 30, 2018
Draft Plan for Jones Reveals Apparent Frustrations
March 3, 2018
How Might Charlottesville Be Governed Differently in the Future?
February 28, 2018
Panel Considers Future of Charlottesville’s Governance
February 27, 2018
Forum on Charlottesville's Governance Comes as Options Floated
February 24, 2018
Cities on a Hill?
February 14, 2018
How Does Charlottesville Government Work?
February 12, 2018
How Does Government Currently Work in Charlottesville?
February 12, 2018
Panelists Meet with Public to Discuss Charlottesville Government
February 11, 2018
Liberty & Slavery; City Power is People Power
December 16, 2017
Tom Tom Founders Festival Announces First Round of Speakers for 2018 Summits
November 22, 2017
UVA Law Professor: Lee Statue Can Come Down Legally
September 1, 2017
Is Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee Statue Illegal?
August 30, 2017
Fate of Loudoun County Confederate Statue Mired in Code and Confusion
August 24, 2017
How Virginia Voters Could Help Decide the Fate of Confederate Monuments
August 18, 2017
Throwing Money at Businesses Has Been a Bad Idea Since the Start
August 10, 2017
New Directions in Displacement Research: "Displacement and Law in the American City"
July 10, 2017
Mitch Landrieu and the Anti-Denigration Constitution
May 25, 2017
A Legal Challenge to Trump's "Religious Liberty" Executive Order
May 5, 2017
Want Empowered Cities? Start by Understanding City Power
April 19, 2017
Do Cities Need a Political Movement?
March 17, 2017
Do Cities Need a Political Movement?
March 16, 2017
Apropos of Something: Immigration, Refugees and the Executive Order
February 4, 2017
Political Tuesday: Cities Resisting Federal Law
January 31, 2017
How Trump's Executive Order on Immigration Violates Religious Freedom Laws
January 31, 2017
Law Profs Examine 8 Legal Landmarks of 2016, and What They May Mean in 2017
January 3, 2017
The Looming Republican Crackdown on LGBTQ Rights and Abortion
December 19, 2016
Lanny Keller: To Spur Economic Growth, Educational Gains, All a Mayor Needs Is ... Luck?
December 7, 2016
Predatory Lending
November 30, 2016
In Age of Trump, Philly Has Legal and Political Power to Resist: Here’s How
November 15, 2016
The Reality of Mayors' Economic Promises
November 1, 2016
Four Counterintuitive Things the Next President Needs to Do for Cities
October 31, 2016
City Power: The next president can help cities boost more workers into the middle class
September 18, 2016
The Supreme Court's Wishful Thinking About Compromise
May 26, 2016
Though Its Need Is Debated, the Revenue-Sharing Agreement Has Pluses and Minuses for City and County
May 7, 2016
The Contraception Compromise
April 14, 2016
Bathroom Bill Backlash (author)
March 29, 2016
North Carolina's Bathroom Bill" and the Right to Local Self-Government"
March 25, 2016
What Originalists Should Say About a Scalia Replacement
February 16, 2016
Flint Wasn't Allowed Democracy
February 8, 2016
Hobby Lobby's Bitter Anniversary
June 30, 2015
Obergefell and the End of Religious Reasons for Lawmaking
June 29, 2015
Preview: Same-sex Marriage at the Supreme Court
April 28, 2015
UVa Law Experts Predict Win for Same-sex Marriage Advocates
April 25, 2015
Utah 'Compromise' to Protect LGBT Citizens From Discrimination Is No Model for the Nation
March 18, 2015
Holt v. Hobbs and Third Party Harms
January 22, 2015
Update on the Establishment Clause and Third Party Harms: One Ongoing Violation and One Constitutional Accommodation
October 16, 2014
The End of a Long Wait to Marry for Gay Couples
October 6, 2014
The New Law of Religiion
July 3, 2014
Not Bill Clinton's RFRA
July 3, 2014
Hobby Lobby's Dangerous Precedent
July 1, 2014
Supreme Court Sides with Hobby Lobby, Local Experts React
June 30, 2014
Church-State Scholars Represented by Lowenstein Sandler: Supreme Court Grants For-Profit Corporations A Religious Exemption From Affordable Care Act's Contraception Mandate
June 30, 2014
Town of Greece and the Demise of Religious Neutrality
May 6, 2014
Hobby Lobby and the Establishment Clause, Part II: What Counts As A Burden on Employees? (Co-Author)
December 12, 2013
Hobby Lobby and the Establishment Clause, Part III: Reconciling Amos and Cutter (Co-Author)
December 9, 2013
The Establishment Clause and the Contraception Mandate (Co-Author)
November 27, 2013
Is Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision for New York City Even Possible? (Author)
November 6, 2013
Rise of the Mayors
September 1, 2013
Detroit's Bankruptcy Is Just Politics By Other Means
July 19, 2013
People in Charlottesville React to Supreme Court Rulings
June 26, 2013
Supreme Court's Politics Could Determine Same-Sex Marriage Outcome
March 27, 2013
Debt, Debt and More Debt: Is Democracy to Blame?
July 17, 2012
Commentary: Lamenting the Loss of the Tavern
December 18, 2011
Occupy Orlando Protesters and Police Clash Over Use of Park
October 28, 2011
S.F.'s Fight With Cellphone Industry Tests Compelled Speech
October 7, 2011
Foreclosures Helping Change Color of Some Suburbs
February 28, 2011
Cape Cod's Locals Keep the Chain Stores Out
June 8, 2010
Jefferson v. Cuccinelli
June 1, 2010
Virginia Attorney General Demands Scientist's E-Mails
May 28, 2010
K.G. Official Steps Aside on Votes 19 Times
August 30, 2009
The Possible City
September 3, 2008
High Court Ends Town's Sewer Fight: Blacksburg's Town Council Will Not Be Held to a 1972 Agreement to Extend Sewers in the Toms Creek Basin
March 3, 2007