It may be news to Terry McAuliffe, but Virginia parents have rights

Local authorities can and should cope with disorder at contentious school board meetings. But the NSBA’s letter, exemplifying the hysteria that is the default mode in today’s discourse, calls for a vast mobilization of federal power, including three Cabinet-level departments (Justice, Homeland Security, Education), the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and enforcement actions under a slew of laws, including the Gun-Free School Zones Act, the Patriot Act, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the Violent Interference with Federally Protected Rights statute and the Conspiracy Against Rights statute. The U.S. Air Force can stand down, for now.