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Richard C. Schragger

It’s Time for Home Rule in Virginia

Richard C. Schragger
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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2019-12-19
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Richard C. Schragger, It’s Time for Home Rule in Virginia, Richmond Times-Dispatch 15A (December 19, 2019).
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
Richard C. Schragger
Program in Constitutional Law
Center for the Study of Race and Law
PLACE: Program in Law, Communities and the Environment
Center for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Karsh Center for Law and Democracy
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