(AP) An Oct. 18 hearing before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson will be the next major proceeding in Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s challenge to a key element of the Obama administration’s health care reform package. A spokesman for ...

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Police in Virginia have authority similar to those in Arizona to question suspects they stop or arrest about their immigration status, the state attorney general said in an advisory opinion. Ken Cuccinelli said law-enforcement officers can query people in connection ...

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Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s demand for records related to a former University of Virginia professor’s climate change research is intended to challenge his conclusions rather than uncover fraud, the school said in court papers last week. Cuccinelli, a global warming ...

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(AP) A federal judge said yesterday that he expects to rule within a month on the Obama administration’s motion to dismiss Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the new national health care reform law. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson heard more than two ...

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Virginia was one of just two states that refused to join a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday supporting the father of a Marine whose funeral drew anti-gay protesters carrying inflammatory signs. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s spokesman said concerns about freedom of expression ...

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The Richmond firm of Schettine & Nguyen PLC has won the Attorney General’s Cup for the third year in a row in the annual Legal Food Frenzy competition. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced Tuesday that Virginia’s legal community raised more ...

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Pro bono legal efforts in Virginia are as varied as the state’s regions, according to comments Tuesday at a pro bono summit called by Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. The Charlottesville area is “blessed,” as attorney Jonathan T. Blank ...

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(AP) Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on Tuesday made good on his promise to sue the federal government over health care overhaul legislation, saying the new law is unconstitutional because it requires people to purchase health insurance or face penalties. ...

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