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Fate of Obamacare may hinge on whether mandate is ruled a tax

By: Ken Klukowski 05/24/11 10:26 PM
Federal appeals judges dropped an Obamacare bombshell this week that could change the timetable for when the U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether the president’s signature law is unconstitutional. Two major lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare were argued May 10 before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Read More

Virginia AG cancels King & Spalding work for state after "obsequious act of weakness" in DOMA case

By: Mark Tapscott 04/29/11 3:43 AM
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has terminated his office's relationship with King & Spalding, the Atlanta law firm that abrubtly dropped the U.S. House of Representatives as a client for purposes of defending the Defense of Marriage Act. Read More

SCOTUS denies Cuccinelli petition for expedited health care review

By: David Sherfinski 04/25/11 7:19 AM
Associated Press
Update: Cuccinelli has responded to the Supreme Court's decision with the following statement: Read More

Cuccinelli asks Supreme Court for expedited review

By: Barbara Hollingsworth 02/03/11 11:10 AM
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says he will file a petition today asking the Supreme Court to consider Virginia’s health care lawsuit, Commonwealth v. Sebelius, now instead of allowing it to go through the usual appellate process. Read More

Cuccinelli asks Supreme Court for expedited review

By: Barbara Hollingsworth 02/03/11 11:10 AM
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says he will file a petition today asking the Supreme Court to consider Virginia’s health care lawsuit, Commonwealth v. Sebelius, now instead of allowing it to go through the usual appellate process. Read More

Obamacare lives on despite ruling

By: John R. Graham 01/05/11 7:15 PM
Last month, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli successfully argued that the so-called “individual mandate” in Obamacare was outside congressional competence. Advocates of individual choice in health care cheered a significant victory, but this is not the final judicial word on Obamacare. Read More

Federal judge strikes down Obamacare mandate as unconstitutional

By: Mark Hemingway 12/13/10 11:13 AM
U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson just struck down the individual mandate in Congress' sweeping health care legislation passed earlier this year. The case was brought on behalf of the commonwealth of Virgina by state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. The legislation requires all qualified Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty. Read More

Cuccinelli: Sheriffs can assist in school truancy cases

By: David Sherfinski 11/22/10 10:40 AM
A sheriff’s office can lawfully assist local schools with enforcing attendance laws without a court order, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has ruled.             The official advisory opinion was issued in response to an inquiry from Sheriff B.J. Roberts of the City of Hampton. Read More

Cuccinelli gets another shot at Michael Mann

By: Barbara Hollingsworth 08/29/10 12:00 AM
Albemarle County Circuit Court Judge Paul M. Peatross, Jr., ruled Monday that academic researchers at the University of Virginia are not immune from investigations into the use of state funds under Virginia’s Fraud Against Taxpayers Act. Read More

Nine states (and the Mariana Islands) have Arizona’s back

By: Barbara Hollingsworth 07/14/10 12:00 AM
Nine states, including Virginia, have filed legal briefs in support of Arizona’s new immigration law, arguing that they have preexisting constitutional authority to enforce federal immigration laws within their borders. The filings add political gunpowder to a tense legal showdown between Arizona State officials and the U.S. Read More
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