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Cuccinelli blasts 'utterly destructive'Obama policies during Fredericksburg visit
Fredericksburg Freelance Star ^ | 08/31/10 | Bill Freehling

Posted on 08/31/2010 12:34:21 PM PDT by freespirited

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will continue to challenge what he calls the “utterly destructive” and “invasive, oppressive” policies of an overstepping federal government.

“States created the federal government, not the other way around,” Cuccinelli said to applause this morning at a Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce breakfast event.

About 75 people, mostly business and elected leaders, came to the Fredericksburg Country Club today for the Republican attorney general’s 40-minute address.

Cuccinelli has been aggressively challenging the policies of the Obama administration since being sworn in as the state’s attorney general in January.

He compared the administration to the British during the Revolutionary period and said it’s up to the states to challenge federal laws that “trample” the U.S. Constitution and impose crippling regulations on businesses. He said the lawsuits he’s filed are “exactly what the founders intended.”

Cuccinelli focused his remarks on legal challenges his office has filed against the administration’s efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and overhaul the healthcare system.

Cuccinelli said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to regulate greenhouse gases to protect the public’s health are based on faulty data. He said the regulation could have crippling effects on the economy, particularly utilities and agriculture. He argued that free markets are the most effective way to clean up the environment.

Cuccinelli didn’t mention in his remarks today an Albemarle County judge’s ruling yesterday that the attorney general’s office hasn’t sufficiently made its case against former University of Virginia climate scientist Michael Mann. Cuccinelli, a skeptic of global warming, is seeking to investigate Mann for possible fraudulent use of the taxpayer-funded grants that paid for the research. He said yesterday that he will revise his investigation and may appeal the ruling.

At today’s forum, Cuccinelli also spoke of his office’s lawsuit against the recently passed federal healthcare law. He said the federal government doesn’t have the right under the Constitution to order people to buy “Nancy-approved” health insurance, or to impose a fine if they don’t.

Cuccinelli said oral arguments in the case are scheduled for Oct. 18 in front of a U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He hopes the court will issue a verdict on the constitutionality of the healthcare law by Thanksgiving but suspects it will eventually go to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“If we lose this case, it’s the end of federalism as we’ve known it for the past 223 years,” Cuccinelli said.

Bill Freehling: 540/374-5405 bfreehling@freelancestar.com


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KEYWORDS: cucinelli; healthcarereform
He said the federal government doesn’t have the right under the Constitution to order people to buy “Nancy-approved” health insurance, or to impose a fine if they don’t.

I really like this guy.

1 posted on 08/31/2010 12:34:24 PM PDT by freespirited
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To: freespirited

If we had more guys like this in the GOP, we would have never lost the Congress in 2006.


2 posted on 08/31/2010 12:35:56 PM PDT by kevao
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To: freespirited

But it’s called Obamacare, not Nancycare.


3 posted on 08/31/2010 12:43:28 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: freespirited

Now that’s absolutely refreshing! I really like this guy too!


4 posted on 08/31/2010 12:43:29 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: EDINVA; iceskater; xyz123; Corin Stormhands; jla; Flora McDonald; GeorgeW23225; GottaLuvAkitas1; ...

Virginia pingie.


5 posted on 08/31/2010 12:47:17 PM PDT by freespirited
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To: freespirited

Utah has had it, also. They are organizing to take back the land within their borders that the Feds have taken from them. About 55% of Utah is under Fed control & no property taxes are paid, nor can any resources be mined & used.


6 posted on 08/31/2010 12:47:33 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: freespirited

i knew he would be good and was thrilled when he was elected. he will not disappoint.


7 posted on 08/31/2010 12:48:39 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: freespirited
I want this guy for US Attorney General under an Allen West Presidency!
8 posted on 08/31/2010 12:49:12 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012)
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To: freespirited
Dear AG Cucinelli,

People have rights. Governments have powers. Other than that, well done.

Best,

L

9 posted on 08/31/2010 12:49:18 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: freespirited

I heard him speak (without a teleprompter of course) at a conference last summer. He was impressive. He has a bright future. Wish he was the AG in my State.


10 posted on 08/31/2010 2:03:33 PM PDT by Padams
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>“If we lose this case, it’s the end of federalism as we’ve known it for the past 223 years,” Cuccinelli said.”<

Ken gets it. Now, if we can just spread this statesmanship to the rest of the GOP, in all of the other states.


11 posted on 09/01/2010 6:13:49 AM PDT by Darnright (There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
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