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Virginia court to hear challenges to removal of Confederate statue
The Supreme Court of Virginia will hear challenges to Gov. Northam's plan to remove the 13 ton Confederate Lee statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond. Plaintiffs argue the 1889 deed and state obligations bind the state. Herring's office asks to uphold lower rulings allowing removal.
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