Ralph Shearer Northam (born September 13, 1959) is an American politician and physician serving as the 73rd Governor of Virginia since January 13, 2018. A pediatric neurologist by occupation, he was an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1984 to 1992. Northam, a member of the Democratic Party, served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018 prior to winning the governorship against Republican nominee Ed Gillespie in the 2017 election.
‘Exercising Religion Is Essential’: DOJ Supports Church’s Coronavirus Lawsuit Over Federal Warnings on Gatherings
Claiming there is “no good reason for refusing to trust congregants,” Attorney General Bill Barr’s Dept. of Justice has filed a legal notice in federal court announcing it supports a Virginia church that violated Governor Ralph Northam’s executive order banning in-person religious gatherings of more than 10 people.
A U.S. Attorney suggests the order constitutes “unlawful discrimination.” The DOJ’s intervention goes against specific warnings the CDC, President Donald Trump, the Coronavirus Task
