Virginia’s Declaration of Rights is worth celebrating, but what does it protect today? | Guest column

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Virginia’s Declaration of Rights is worth celebrating, but what does it protect today? | Guest column

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June 9, 2026 · 9:30 AM
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Shockoe Institute opens bold exhibition on enslavement
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Shockoe Institute opens bold exhibition on enslavement

Virginia’s 250‑year‑old Declaration of Rights endures as a bold promise of liberty, but today its guarantees risk becoming little more than parchment if courts and lawmakers continue to block Virginians from enforcing the very rights that once helped inspire revolutions…

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