Judge rules Virginia school board violated First Amendment by restoring Confederate school name

Washington Examiner via MSN ^ | Sept 10, 2025 | Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examine

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A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against a school district in Virginia for reinstating a Confederate school name, saying the move violated the constitutional rights of black students.

U.S. District Judge Michael F. Urbanski ruled that Stonewall Jackson High School students in Shenandoah County, Virginia, cannot be forced to bear Jackson's name and its pro-slavery associations.

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This is getting utterly ridiculous.

[butlerweave]

Crazy eyed idiot

[Magnum44]

[iamgalt]

A truly preposterous ruling. There is not a shred of legal support for it.

[Texas Eagle]

Stonewall Jackson High School students in Shenandoah County, Virginia, cannot be forced to bear Jackson's name and its pro-slavery/demonicRAT association.

There. Fixed it.

[mairdie]

True. And ignoring the first amendment rights of the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy, who honor their ancestors, not slavery.

[NorthMountain]

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled something completely moronic.

Again.

As usual.

And there's no effective, legal way to remove these evil clowns from the bench.

[MNJohnnie]

So Censorship is now Free Speech? How utterly Orwellian

[Dacula]

Black students have special constitutional rights. Get rid of Martin Luther King and any black related names. Equal justice.

[blackdog]

Huh?

Judge issues order requiring water to be dry?

[central_va]

You didn’t fix anything you hater.

[glennaro]

Avowed racists, such as this “judge”, see race everywhere they look. With racists, everything is about race ... that’s why they are properly identified as racists.

[rktman]

Uh, first amendment rights of white kids? Oh. Privilege. I forgot!

[MNJohnnie]

Obama appointed him.

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Jackson was a UNITED STATES PRESIDENT, for pete's sake!!!!! There should be nothing wrong with naming a school after a former president... EVER.

[rellic]

Judges are supposed to interpret the law, not make it!

[central_va]

Wrong Jackson.

[ken in texas]

Another Obama judge. Par for the course.

[Ronald77]

Wonder if they will name it Martin Luther king high school?

[Fury]

The Memorandum Opinion, as the Washington Examiner is too lazy to post a link to it in the article:

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68845341/171/virginia-state-conference-naacp-v-county-school-board-of-shenandoah-county/

The Opinion seems to me to be on shaky legal ground.

We shall see.