I have it on fairly good authority that the Governor’s office keeps up with this and other political blogs so let’s use that for this purpose: I encourage Governor McDonnell to sign the HB1160. Send a message. Virginia will not cooperate with unconstitutional indefinite detention without legal counsel. I believe Governor McDonnell will do the right thing. I have been acquainted with him for many years. So I encourage him to sign HB1160. Send the message: Virginia says no.
On a different note, while I have the Governor’s ear: If the legislature adjourns without approving a judge for the Court of Appeals, the best candidate, the ONLY ONE with 11-0 vote of Highly Qualified of the Virginia State Bar is Monica T. Monday of Roanoke. She would be evenhanded, she’s a great writer and appellate advocate and WILL be an asset to the Court. I would appoint her without delay.
About Elwood Sanders
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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