Virginia Right!

RICHMOND – Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling issued the following statement today following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA):   “I am very disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of Obamacare.  It was my belief that the President and Congress overstepped their constitutional authority [...]

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Court’s Ruling Underscores the Need to Repeal Obamacare ‘Today’s decision does nothing to diminish the fact that Obamacare’s mandates, tax hikes, and Medicare cuts should be repealed and replaced with common sense reforms that lower costs and that the American people actually want.’   Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released the following [...]

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President Obama’s preemptive criticism last week of the Supreme Court as it considers the constitutionality of his health care continues to face scrutiny.   Speaking in Lexington, Kentucky, on Thursday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took a dim view of the president’s complaints about the Court. “[A]pparently,” he said, “President Obama didn’t like the tenor [...]

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President Obama continues to take criticism for his preemptive attack on the Supreme Court on Monday, when he claimed that if the justices found his health care law to be unconstitutional it “would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.”   [...]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up! This week was an important one in the history of our beloved Republic. The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments for a ruling they’ll make in June or so on ObamaCare’s constitutionality. [...]

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The Wall Street Journal writes today, “Supreme Court justices on Monday weighed whether the challenge to President Barack Obama’s health-care law is ripe for a decision, opening three days of argument on the law with a string of skeptical questions for a lawyer who said the high court should wait. . . . The health-care [...]

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Update – 1-18-2012 – The RNC Document condemning Agenda 21 is posted at this link. I reported yesterday about the RNC resolution against Agenda 21 that actually mentions ICLEI as the agency implementing Agenda 21. I got GOOD NEWS!  The anti-Agenda 21 resolution was unanimously, yes without dissent, PASSED!  RAH!  (If my family weren’t here [...]

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I predicted a victory in the 11th Circuit for the 26 States lining up against Obamacare and in the 4th Circuit Court where a verdict is expected any day. Both of these 3 judge panels were stacked “randomly” with more judges appointed by Democrats then by Republicans. At first blush, the “fix” would appear to [...]

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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sent out this short message when the ruling came in on the Virginia Lawsuit against the Federal Mandate in ObamaCare: Today, a federal judge in Richmond ruled the individual mandate of the federal health care law UNCONSTITUTIONAL! In other words – we won! This won’t be the final round, as [...]

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Attorney General Cuccinelli announces he will seek expedited review of Virginia health care lawsuit in the Supreme Court RICHMOND (February 3, 2011) – Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced today that Virginia will file a petition to ask the United States Supreme Court to take Virginia’s health care lawsuit now, as opposed to waiting for [...]

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RICHMOND – Del. John O’Bannon (Henrico) has requested an opinion from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the constitutionality of proposed state spending on privately controlled charitable organizations.  O’Bannon made the request on behalf of constituent Norm Leahy, who blogs on Tertium Quids.   Americans for Prosperity’s Virginia State Director Ben Marchi today issued the following [...]

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According to Virginia Attorney General Cuccinelli’s office, Federal District Court Judge Henry Hudson will issue his ruling sometime around midday TODAY, Monday, December 13 on Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health care act. Based on the questions asked by a well prepared Judge Hudson, many speculate that the ruling will be favorable [...]

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- U.S. District Court Rejects Federal Government’s Motion to Dismiss Virginia’s Challenge of Constitutionality of Health Care Act – RICHMOND – Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to deny the federal government’s motion to dismiss Virginia’s [...]

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What a move by the Republicans!

So, do we have freedom of choice or not? Democrats believe strongly in the Constitutional “right” for a woman to chose to have an abortion, but the mandatory requirement that everyone purchase health care really does not give us much of a choice about our health, now does it?

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