Cuccinelli Supports Repeal Amendment

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Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Cuccinelli Supports Repeal Amendment
By: Jim Nolan
Published: December 20, 2010 11:48 AM

No surprise here, but Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has thrown his support behind an effort to amend the U.S. Constitution, which would allow two-thirds of the states to repeal any law or regulation of Congress.

Cuccinelli, a rising conservative star who has championed challenges to newly-enacted federal health care reform and EPA regulations on greenhouse gas emissions joins Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and legislative leaders of 11 other states backing the repeal effort.
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Here is the repeal provision language:
“Any provision of law or regulation of the United States may be repealed by the several states, and such repeal shall be effective when the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states approve resolutions for this purpose that particularly describe the same provision or provisions of law or regulation to be repealed.”

Here is Cuccinelli’s statement on the issue:
“I am enthusiastically supporting the repeal amendment in order to restore the balance of power between the citizens and the federal government. Over the past several decades, no matter which party is in charge, the federal government has been eroding the authority of the states and the liberty of citizens. The Repeal Amendment will act as an important check against the ever growing power of the federal government.”

Read more: http://www.mytimesdispatch.com/index.php/virginiapolitics/cuccinelli_supports_repeal_amendment/

[FSogol]

1. Nolan has a typo in his article. Replace "a rising conservative star" with

"raging conservative dumb-ass."

[Ian David]

2. Let's use this to revoke the DOMA! n/t

[Dokkie]

9. and the drug laws too

Kick

[Unvanguard]

11. Not a chance of getting two-thirds of the states behind that. n/t

[dballance]

3. What a Fuctard

Idiot GOP ass.

[Piggy56]

4. GOP goes lower every day

This reminds us as dems that we need to stay active and defeat the GOP.

[sabrina 1]

5. So long as we defeat them with real Dems. They seem to be

a rare species these days. I would not be surprised to see a few of our Dems that we worked so hard to elect, support such an amendment, in the 'spirit of bi-partisanship' which has been all the rage ever since Dems won a majority.

[Piggy56]

8. Real dems where it's realistic

I want as many real dems as possible. Real dems are a must in moderate to liberal areas. In the most conservative parts of America I'll take any dem for now. We have a lot more work to do before we can hope to get a real dem elected in say western Kansas where they worship the likes of Palin.

[alfredo]

6. How about the law of gravity?

[wilt the stilt]

7. Nut alert

This guy covered up the breast of lady Liberty like ashcroft. Anyone who does that is automatically eliminated from the sane people pool. This guy should be neutered. He is in the bad gene pool.

[thisMike]

10. The Celebration Continues

First it was Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell:
"NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert McDonnell, do hereby recognize April 2010 as CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH in our COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens."

now Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinell has jumped on the bandwagon:
“Any provision of law or regulation of the United States may be repealed by the several states..."

Let's party like it's 1861!

[Lord Magus]

13. Sure thing.

Somebody should remind the baggers which side won that one.

[PSPS]

12. Who cares? It's never going to happen. I guess he's looking for 'bagger "cred."

[Ian David]

14. The problem is that 2/3 of the states don't represent 2/3 of the people of America.

Some of the big, square states, for example, are mostly empty space.