BREAKING: VA Gov Abigail Spanberger just vetoed a bill that would ban ICE from making warrantless arrests inside of courthouses.

Let me be clear, if we do not have due process of law, then we have fascism.

Virginia Democrats have the House, the Senate, and the Governorship. They have all the power and still under a Corporate Centrist Democrat, align with fascist ideology. Just indefensible.

@QasimRashid

Allow me to fact check Qasim #ragebait

Just the facts Jack! No need for perjury!
https://boltsmag.org/virginia-fourth-amendment-waivers-spanberger-vetoes-ban/

Virginia Governor Vetoes a Ban on Plea Deals That Waive People's Constitutional Rights - Bolts

Abigail Spanberger blocked a bill to bar prosecutors from pressuring Virginians to waive protections against unreasonable police searches as a condition of pleas.

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@Jazone
This appears to be yet another instance of Spanberger contributing to the erosion of due process. Is there another connection to this month old news that I'm missing?

@gnate

It's a coercive method for a State or Federal prosecutor to achieve a guilty verdict in exchange for a lesser sentence.

Perhaps the sentencing guidelines at the State and Federal level are excessive for many misdemeanor crimes.

It's bad optics for the Governor because people abuse the system in place with few options short of a full criminal trial.

@QasimRashid We are sliding into fascism and so many folks are solely relying on the midterm election to save us. I sincerely doubt there will be an election and if there is, trump's hob nailed booted thugs will try to disrupt voting and goodness knows what the billionaires will have cooked up.
@QasimRashid Do we get to find out why or are you just going to leave us dangling with this non-statement?