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  Rally to Repeal! Upper Senate Park, Washington, D.C. Friday, August 3 Noon – 1 PM  With Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity Congressman Paul Ryan Penny Nance, Concerned Women for America Jim Martin, 60 Plus Association You already know that President Obama is attempting to force a multi-trillion dollar takeover of health care and push [...]

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While ‘Democratic’ Senatorial Candidate Timmy Kaine pushes for more and more Obama change as the number one cheer-girl for the Neo-Marxist in the White House, America just ain’t into the change Obama has wreaked on brought to our shores. A new poll shows that most Americans believe Barack Obama has upheld his campaign promise to change America, 56% say that [...]

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is constitutional and stands. Congressman Cantor issued the following statement: “The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare is a crushing blow to patients throughout the country. Obamacare has failed to keep the President’s basic promise of allowing those who like their health care to [...]

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RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement today following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). “Today’s Supreme Court ruling is extremely disappointing for Virginia and for America. The PPACA will create a costly and cumbersome system that will impair our country’s ability to recover from [...]

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Stephen DeMaura, President of Americans for Job Security, today issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision on healthcare reform: “Today, the American people are faced with the reality that this legislation is what we’ve said all along:  the nation’s largest and broadest tax increase in history.  While President Obama [...]

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Poll: Most want Supreme Court to overturn individual health care mandate By Leigh Ann Caldwell  CBS  June 7, 2012   CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.   A new CBS News/New York Times poll reveals that nearly seven in ten Americans [...]

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I blogged on the adventures of Special Rapporteur James Ayala, sent by the UN Human Rights Council (You mean the one with Saudi Arabia on it?  Yes, dear readers, that one!) to investigate US treatment of Original Americans.  Ayala called for reparations but thankfully Congress did not even meet with him. Here’s the latest idea [...]

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‘Americans have rejected the law’s mandate that they must buy government-approved health insurance, and I hope the Supreme Court will do the same’   Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement on the Supreme Court’s announcement today that it had agreed to hear a challenge to President Obama’s health [...]

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RICHMOND, VA (March 2, 2011) – Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued the following statement regarding today’s decision by the United States Supreme Court in Snyder v. Phelps.  Back on June 1, 2010, the attorney general decided not to join other states in an amicus brief on behalf of Albert Snyder in the case.  Mr. Snyder [...]

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Monday July 5, 2010 Roundup: The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, these links are mostly outside of the Mainstream Media. This feature is designed to save you [...]

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RICHMOND (June 28, 2010) — Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court held 5-4 in McDonald v. Chicago that the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms applies to state and local governments, not just the federal government. “While we are still reviewing the decision, I am pleased that the Supreme Court has found [...]

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This morning, Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-Fairfax) addressed the annual summer20convention of the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Services Council. Speaking to this group, Senator Cuccinelli touted his strong support of law enforcement as a member of the Senate Courts of Justice Committee, where he has served since joining the State Senate in 2002

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RICHMOND – Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins today praised Governor Tim Kaine’s decision to agree with Ken Cuccinelli to call the Virginia General Assembly into a special session to fix a prosecutorial morass following the U.S. Supreme Court decision Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts. The ruling has caused chaos among Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys regarding the difficulty in having forensic scientists who test material evidence personally testify at trial. As a result, many criminal cases are having to be dismissed or are lost at trial.

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The important ruling in the Melendez-Diaz case which has been a much discussed topic on this blog and others, as well as other news sources has seen those charged with driving under the influence have their cases dismissed. Governor Kaine has come down in favorMADDLOGO of, well, we are not sure what he is in favor of. He wants to do something administratively. However, the consensus among most is that this is a problem that can only be fixed by the legislature.

In a letter published here yesterday, six prosecutors from around the state lay out a pretty compelling argument for a special session, and the sooner the better.

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Reports just out show Republican Attorney General candidate and State Senator Ken Cuccinelli raised $291,704.00 for the last reporting period and his opponent Del. Steve Shannon raised only $284,733.00 during[caption id="attachment_810" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Republican Attorney General Candidate Ken Cuccinelli with voter"][/caption] the same reporting period.

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