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If Virginia Is for Lovers, Why Is It Called "Virginia"?

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(Yes, I do know why it is actually called "Virginia.")

Eugene Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and a Visiting Fellow (Senior Fellow starting May 2024) at the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any educational institution.