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By JOHN GOOLRICK * /‘Wildergate,” “Robb and hoods” or whatever you might want to call it, still totally dominates Virginia politics as of this writing and there is more certainly to come.
Yet despite the swirl of grand jury activity and continuing revelations in this drama, I feel compelled to back off and take a brief look at some of the other recent happenings that have some influence on the politics of our state.
Though all have been subordinated to the Robb-Wilder business, the ruling of federal Judge Jackson Kiser favoring the all-male admissions policy of Virginia Military Institute was prime time news all over the nation.
Judge Kiser said VMI was a unique institution that marched to the beat of a different drummer. The admission of any woman as a cadet, he ruled, would immediately change the character of the place and it would no longer be the special military academy it has been for 152 years.
The ruling, predictably, evoked glee from VMI alumni and many others who support its current status, and howls of outrage from feminist groups who argue that tax dollars should not be used for discriminatory purposes.
The U.S. Department of Justice, which brought the suit against VMI, is likely to appeal the decision and there is a considerable body of legal opinion that the school is destined to lose somewhere along the line at the aDDellate level.
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