Tag Archives: Cuccinelli

Supreme Court of Virginia to review Cuccinelli’s climate change subpoenas to UVA

Via Jay O’Keeffe, the Virginia Supreme Court will take up the case regarding Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s attempt to force the University of Virginia to hand over records regarding its former prominent climate scientist, Michael Mann. Previously, the Circuit Court … Continue reading

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More on healthcare reform lawsuits & a chart for visual learners

More commentary and analysis is coming in regarding Monday’s loss for the government in federal district court in Virginia in its effort to defend against a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of health care reform. But there are other lawsuits in … Continue reading

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Health Care Individual Mandate struck down in Virginia

For those keeping score at home, previously two federal district courts had upheld the healthcare reform law as constitutional. Today brought the first decision to strike down the bill’s mandate that everyone has to obtain health insurance. Judge Henry E. … Continue reading

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What I’m Reading — Oct. 23

It’s been a crazy week, cooped up in the library and at home, but here’s some of what caught my attention in the spare moments I’ve had: U-Va. once again asks judge to set aside Cuccinelli subpoena — The university … Continue reading

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Cuccinelli tries again with a climate change subpoena to UVA

The Washington Post Virginia Politics blog reports that Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli has issued a new civil investigative demand to the University of Virginia, asking for information to find out whether a prominent climate scientist acted with fraud in … Continue reading

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College football and the Affordable Care Act

What does college football have to do with the new healthcare law? Apparently it’s much on the mind of one amicus brief filer, but more on that in a moment. First, a look at where we are on the two … Continue reading

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Good Cuccinelli wrap-up

Garrett Epps is a constitutional law professor at the University of Baltimore, and is also a correspondent for the website of the Atlantic magazine, TheAtlantic.com (incidentally, I have a friend who has taken one of his classes, and apparently he’s … Continue reading

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UVA, climate change scientist evade first round of Cuccinelli demands

Yesterday, a judge in Virginia granted a petition filed by the University of Virginia in its struggle to set aside civil investigative demands served on them by the Virginia attorney general, Kenneth Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli had served the demands under a … Continue reading

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What I’m Reading — Aug. 26

People with big student loans need big sandwiches — Heather at the Equal Justice Works blog passes along news that pro hac vice fees in Pennsylvania will be doubled, with the proceeds going to the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation’s loan repayment … Continue reading

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Sacred and profane: govt. display of religious symbols fine if mixed with secular symbols in Virginia

Chris Duckworth, in a thought-provoking post about Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s opinion that religious displays on government property were acceptable as long as the government “ensures appropriate content and context,” makes an interesting argument: Why would anyone who respects … Continue reading

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