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Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II announced that he will enter Virginia’s governor race, according to sources within the Republican party.
Cuccinelli, a former Virginia state senator from Farifax County, is a member of the strictly conservative Tea Party and was elected as Attorney General in
2009.
His announcement marks the beginning of a two-year primary race with Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, a former senator from Hanover County who has the endorsement from current governor Bob McDonnell.
Cuccinelli is most well-known nationally for suing the federal government over Obama’s Federal Health Care reform bill enacted in March 2010.
But in Virginia he has used his power as Attorney General to advise universities not to include sexual orientation in antidiscrimination policies, according to the Washington Post.
In April 2010, he challenged a former University of Virginia professor’s research on climate change. He issued a civil investigative demand to the university, claiming that the professor’s work was in violation of the 2002 Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act.
Most recently, he issued an opinion that universities cannot prohibit concealed carry on campuses with a policy, but it must enact a regulation, which he said has the force of law.
As Attorney General, Cuccinelli has power to issue legal opinions, advise the governor and other officials, and defend the constitutionality of state laws that are challenged in court, according to the official attorney general’s office website.
A version of this article appeared in the Dec 2 issue of the Collegiate Times.
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Cuccinelli is an embarrassment to Virginia
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Go Occupy Wall Street. What an ignorant comment, Joel.
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Cuccinelli is a fascist, extremist, nut bag - Joel is RIGHT. You, are wrong.
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Cuccinelli stands for the framers and founding fathers. He is a breath of fresh air and great for Virginia.
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Cuccinelli is an embarrassment to Virginia, good thing NoVa exists or he'd actually have a shot at winning and making Virginia look like Alabama.
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NoVa is like New Jersey. You can enjoy your bad traffic, high cost of living, and rude people.
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NoVa should just be annexed by DC before they pollute the rest of this state.
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keep women barefoot in the kitchen, buy a gun and shoot up your school, rape the land for natural resources, suppress free speech and scientific research in the name of god.
Right. Whatever. THE MAN IS A FASCIST, EXTREMIST, FREAK SHOW.
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I did not vote for Cuccinelli because I saw him as the lesser of two evils. However, since he has been in office, I have been very impressed with him.
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Why would he think it's ok to remove laws that prevent state agencies from making employent decisions based on sexual orientation? Just because you're gay, doesn't mean you should be precluded from employment as a state employee. Also, why has he wasted tax payer money suing the federal government when all legal scholars concur Obamacare isn't unconstitutional (their thinking being that requiring health insurance is no different from requiring car insurance, and is thus perfectly reasonable and within constitutional mandates).
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"All legal scholars concur"???
That has to be the dumbest thing I've read in a long time. Oh wait...you compared mandatory health insurance to the requirement to have car insurance. I stand corrected.....THAT is the dumbest thing I have read in a long time.
It doesn't take a "legal scholar" to understand that car insurance is only required if you actually operate a vehicle on a public roadway (to protect other drivers from your poor judgment and short attention span).
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and it's the state that has the authority to do so under the 10th amendment. i don't think anybody ever intended the commerce clause to compel people to participate in commerce. the last thing i want is to wake up and be told that I have to start buying vitamin c because it's healthy for me or pay a tax penalty. i'll be the judge of that (under the 9th amendment)
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Notice that you all only responded to Obamacare, what do you have to say to support Cucinelli for the sexual orientation issue? That's weird, and shows he has an agenda to control people socially.
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maybe we're just more conerned with laws that affect the 99% and not the 1%
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Honestly.....couldn't care less about anyone's race, religion, orientation, etc.....and neither should the law. Why would should I be upset that somebody took a stand against a law that protected a select few, when we are all supposed to be equal in the eyes of the law?
Regardless, the dumb comments comparing Obamacare to car insurance had to be addressed - stupidty left unchecked begets more stupidity.
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Inaction, when it comes to oppression of a group, is wrong. You can't just say, oh it doesn't affect me, so why should I care? I understand that you don't relate to the gay cause because you're a white hetero male, but it's not ok to support a candidate who believes they are not equal. It's American to stand up for the liberty of all. Cucinelli's viewpoints is the reason my friend cried in my arms for an hour because he thought he was going to hell. Not cool! BTW I'm a hetero 6th generation Virginian.
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We are screwed. Cuccinelli is a total fascist, nut bag. VOTE NO.
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i think everybody got you're point: that you think he's fascist. i couldn't disgree more.
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I also agree that Cuccinelli is awful for this state. Virginia already has a reputation for being a backwoods hick state, lets not make it worse.
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