One of the more hotly contested measures in the General Assembly you’re not hearing about in the old-line press is the battle over a constitutional amendment defending Virginians’ property rights. But inside the General Assembly, it’s shaping-up as Hollywood-style thriller.

A week ago, it appeared the Democrat-controlled Senate had killed the amendment.  But Senate Republicans, led on this issue by Mark Obenshain, invoked the rarely-used discharge process to bring the only mostly dead amendment to the floor for consideration.  The bill was sent to the Privileges and Elections committee, where the anti-amendment forces mounted a furious effort to drive another stake through the measure’s heart.