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Ken Cuccinelli Moving Closer to Challenging Bill Bolling In 2013

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, September 23rd, 2010. Filed under Bill Bolling, Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Virginia Politics

It looks like we might have a primary fight on our hand for the GOP nomination for Virginia Governor in three years:
Richmond, Va. –Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said today that if he decides to run for governor, he would not wait in line behind anyone else who also wants to seek the office.
“I’m not [...]

Ken Cuccinelli’s ObamaCare Lawsuit Hits The Courtroom

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 2nd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Blogging, Health Care Reform, Ken Cuccinelli, Outside The Beltway, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Yesterday actually, and I’ve got my write-up about it over at Outside The Beltway.

Washington Post Backs Up Ken Cuccinelli On Westboro Baptist Church Case Position

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, June 12th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Virginia Politics

The Washington Post is defending Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s decision to not join 47 other states in siding with the father of a dead Marine in his lawsuit against the Westboro Baptist Church:
It would be difficult to find a more loathsome band than Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., whose sparse congregation mounts small [...]

Ken Cuccinelli Files Virginia’s Response To Motion To Dismiss ObamaCare Lawsuit

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, June 8th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Ken Cuccinelli, Legal, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Virginia’s Attorney General has filed his response to the Motion to Dismiss filed by the Federal Government in the lawsuit to declare ObamaCare unconstitutional:
RICHMOND — Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II told a federal judge Monday that he should let a suit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health-care law proceed and deny a request [...]

Ken Cuccinelli Stands Up For Freedom Of Speech

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Virginia is one of only a handful of states that is not filing a friend of the court brief on behalf of the Plaintiff in the Snyder v. Phelps, the lawsuit by a father of a dead soldier seeking damages from the Westboro Baptist Church for their offensive funeral protests. Yesterday, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli [...]

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal Of Virginia’s ObamaCare Lawsuit

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, May 25th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Ken Cuccinelli, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, U.S. Constitution, Virginia, Virginia Politics

An entirely predictable response from the Federal Government to Ken Cuccinelli’s lawsuit against ObamaCare:
RICHMOND — The Obama administration asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss Virginia’s challenge of the health-care overhaul law, arguing that the state has no standing to sue over the law and that Congress’s power to regulate interstate trade makes the measure [...]

New Virginia State Seal

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, May 10th, 2010. Filed under Humor, Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Especially for Ken Cuccinelli:

H/T: Bart Hinkle

Ken Cuccinelli Surrenders In Boobie-Gate

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, May 4th, 2010. Filed under Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Virginia’s Attorney General has apparently decided not to cover up an exposed breast on Virginia’s state seal:
RICHMOND, Va., May 4 (UPI) — Virginia’s attorney general said his staff will cease using lapel pins featuring a state seal with the Roman goddess Virtus’ breast covered with armor.
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced Monday the pins are being [...]

Ken Cuccinelli Gets Ridiculous, Covers Up Woman’s Breast On Virginia State Seal

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, May 1st, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Virginia Politics

This has got to be the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard:
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli apparently isn’t fond of wardrobe malfunctions, even when Virginia’s state seal is involved.
The seal depicts the Roman goddess Virtus, or virtue, wearing a blue tunic draped over one shoulder, her left breast exposed. But on the new lapel pins Cuccinelli [...]

Bill Bolling Forms Campaign Committee For 2013 Virginia Governor’s Election

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, April 17th, 2010. Filed under Bill Bolling, Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Virginia Politics

It’s only been five months since Bob McDonnell was elected Virginia’s 71st Governor, but the jockeying for 2013 has already started:
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling has formed a campaign committee to run for governor in 2013, sources tell us. We confirmed that information with the experts at the Virginia Public Access Project, a non-partisan tracker of [...]

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