Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government
The Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government was a state agency created by the Virginia legislature in 1956, with the mission of promoting "constitutional government" in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education. The Commission brought together leading Virginia writers, journalists, lawyers, and politicians who wrote pamphlets and books opposing integration of the public schools, federal civil rights statutes, and recent Supreme Court decisions. The Commission was headed by David J. Mays, a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, and James J. Kilpatrick. The Commission maintained an active publication schedule until 1967.
Their publications included Civil Rights and Federal Powers, Civil Rights and Legal Wrongs, The Right Not to Listen, Did the Court Interpret or Amend?, and Alfred Avins' The Reconstruction amendments' debates : the legislative history and contemporary debates in Congress on the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
