INTERVIEW — Virginia Majority Whip JACKSON MILLER (R-Prince William) – Majority Whip, Virginia House of Delegates Representing the 50th District: The City of Manassas and parts of western Prince William County.

• Washington Post – “Va. Republicans to oust McAuliffe’s Supreme Court pick, install their own” – Virginia Republicans say they will reject Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s pick for the state’s newest Supreme Court justice and install their own choice — an unprecedented move in modern Virginia history. The decision added another layer of tension to the already fraught relationship between McAuliffe (D) and the GOP-controlled legislature, with the governor accusing legislative leaders of throwing “a political temper tantrum.”
• McAuliffe miffed by Republicans’ choice for next Virginia Supreme Court justice. RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s office called what state Republicans did a tragedy. Days after the governor introduced his choice for the open Virginia Supreme Court seat, Republicans said no thank you and named their own choice for the prestigious spot. On Thursday, July 27, Governor McAuliffe said Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Jane Marum Roush was the perfect person to replace retiring Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. on the Virginia Supreme Court. But on Sunday night, Republican leaders offered up their own candidate and made it sound like their choice would be the one who got the seat. Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) and Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. (R-James City) announced they would support Virginia Court of Appeals Judge Rossie D. Alston, Jr.