Judge upholds Virginia's uranium ban in property rights case - Virginia Mercury

Judge upholds Virginia's uranium ban in property rights case - Virginia Mercury: A Wise County and City of Norton Circuit Court judge on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of Virginia’s 38-year-old uranium mining moratorium on the grounds that while the ban does deprive its owners of property rights, the state has a compelling interest to do so. “Even the highest rights cannot be used in a vacuum; we […]