Governments "Erasing History" and the Importance of Free Speech

Noah C. Chauvin, Widener University Commonwealth Law School

Abstract

In June of 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia would take down a massive statue honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee that currently sits on state-owned land in Richmond. Supporters of Northam's decision praised it as "a step in the right direction" that was "long overdue."