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Ken Cuccinelli .... because the General Assembly has not authorized them to do so.

“ Everything Ken Cuccinelli needed to learn about confrontation he learned during 14 years of refereeing youth basketball. "You know every time you blow the whistle, half the people are going to be mad at you," he says. So it has come as no surprise to Cuccinelli that after an eventful rookie year as Virginia's attorney general, a lot of people are crying foul over some of his calls. ”

Ken Cuccinelli is central in my mind to why Virginia is a model for how state government should function.  At the top of the list is protecting prerogatives guaranteed by state and federal constitutions. “ In 2010, Cuccinelli battled the Environmental Protection Agency on regulations to limit greenhouse gases. He told the state's colleges and universities they can't prohibit discrimination against gays, because the General Assembly has not authorized them to do so. He subpoenaed the grant records of a former University of Virginia climate-science researcher. He launched the first state challenge to the national health-care overhaul, and won an important early victory as a federal judge in Richmond struck down the mandate requiring individuals to buy insurance. [story] .... because the General Assembly has not authorized them to do so. Can you imagine if the country operated under that principle?  Or even Maryland?  I have no vote in the matter, but I'd like to see Virginia's Gov. Bob McDonnell take Jim Webb's senate seat, with Cuccinelli to Gov.  Wait.  If Virginia doesn't single term-limit the attorney general, I'd like to see the Cooch spend another decade in the position, unless he's made AG of the US. Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick