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Virginia AG Rules Officers Can Check Immigration Status, Aren’t Required
Virginia’s top prosecutor, after issuing a legal opinion that seemed to align his state with Arizona in the battle over local immigration enforcement, told Fox News on Monday that the two states’ policies aren’t a perfect match.
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued a legal opinion Friday saying state law enforcement officers are allowed to check the immigration status of anyone “stopped or arrested.”
“It is my opinion that Virginia law enforcement officers, including conservation officers may, like Arizona police officers, inquire into the immigration status of persons stopped or arrested,” he wrote.
But in an interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren, Cuccinelli underscored that in Virginia pursuing immigration offenses is up to the officers — not required, as it is under Arizona’s controversial immigration law.
“We are not mandating to our law enforcement that they make these inquiries on every stop,” Cuccinelli said, noting that Arizona’s law requires officers to check the immigration status of anyone stopped for other reasons when there is reasonable suspicion that they are in the country illegally….
…He wrote the opinion in response to a question from state Delegate Bob Marshall, who represents Prince William County.
Marshall’s county implemented a law that requires police to check the immigration status of everyone they arrest — but not everyone they come in legal contact with.
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Virginia’s Attorney General Issues Ruling on Immigration Enforcement
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I-66W widened to six lanes at Gainesville
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By Dan Roem
Source: Courtesy of The Gainesville Times
FRIDAY, APRIL 9 2010
“Well Hallejuiah, there’s more lanes.”
Western Prince William Del. Bob Marshall (R-13th) underscored the sentiment of western Prince William County commuters after VDOT opened six westbound lanes of Interstate 66 on April 2.
Three lanes are designated for through traffic, eventually merging into two lanes along the way toward Haymarket.
Two lanes are for Exit 43A, which leads motorists south on U.S. 29 into Gainesville toward Warrenton.
The furthest right lane for Exit 43B is for northbound traffic heading toward U.S. 29 and Heathcote Boulevard.
The new westbound lanes mean more than just a quicker commute near Gainesville.
Bob Chase, president of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance, called the project “another important missing link in the system in terms of of widening (I-66) out to Gainesville and ultimately beyond.”
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UPDATE: Cuccinelli Sues over Federal Health Care Legislation
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The challenge by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was filed immediately after President Barack Obama signed the health care legislation.
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Published: March 23, 2010
Updated: March 23, 2010
Source: Courtesy of Richmond Times Dispatch
Virginia’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s health care overhaul law.
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed the suit today in U.S. District Court immediately after President Barack Obama signed the landmark measure into law. Cuccinelli, a Republican, and other conservatives claim the law represents an unconstitutional overreach of federal authority.
“Congress lacks the political will to fund comprehensive health care in this way because taxes above those already provided in (the legislation) would produce too much opposition,“ his suit states. “The alternative, which was also a centerpiece of the failed Clinton administration health care proposal, is to fund universal health care in part by making healthy young adults and other rationally uninsured individuals cross-subsidize older and less healthy citizens.“ …
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Delegate Bob Marshall on Fox News, America Live with Megyn Kelly discussing Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act
Delegate Bob Marshall in Floor Debate on HB 10 (Federal Insurance Mandates)
Delegate Bob Marshall in Floor Debate on HB 10 (Federal Insurance Mandates) from Bob Marshall on Vimeo.
State Delegate Bob Marshall, of the 13th District in Prince William County, engages in a lively debate on the house floor regarding HB10, the Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act. This act demonstrates the constitutional grounds to protect an individual’s right to enter into a private contract of his or her choosing, not the mandate that seems to be coming out of Washington with universal healthcare.
Delegate Bob Marshall on HB10, Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act, VA Law Banning Mandatory Fed Health Insurance
Sickle-cell Anemia Deserves Attention
Source: Courtesy of Fredericksburg.com
Date published: 3/9/2010
Sickle-cell anemia deserves attention
As parents of and advocates for those who suffer the debilitating, devastating effects of sickle-cell anemia, we were encouraged by the March 3 editorial ["Striking a cord"].
In the current national health care debate, with its drama and divisiveness, it was refreshing to see the cooperative efforts of those in our state legislature addressing the long-neglected needs for relief for the more than 70,000 minorities (predominantly African-Americans) nationwide who suffer from this disease.
We thank Del. Bob Marshall for introducing the bill to promote education for the healing potential of umbilical-cord blood. Read more
Va. Health Bill Could Foil Obama Proposal, State Questions Constitutionality
By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | March 8, 2010
Source: Courtesy of The Boston Globe.com
RICHMOND – Here in the former capital of the Old Confederacy, where resistance to the supremacy of federal law has a long and tortuous history, a new battle is being waged over a question that could undercut a key part of President Obama’s health care proposal: whether Washington can require that most Americans have health insurance.
The Virginia Legislature this week is poised to become the first state to pass legislation that says citizens cannot be required to have medical insurance.
Dozens of other states are considering similar measures, possibly setting the stage for one of the greatest tests of federal power over the states since the civil rights era.
If states are allowed to opt out of the mandate, the foundation of Obama’s effort would be undermined, turning the nascent revolt here into one with national implications.
The debate goes far beyond a disagreement with the approach to health care coverage taken in Massachusetts.
Rather, Virginia’s lawmakers are focused on constitutional questions and the power of states to run their own affairs.
“The administration is trying to shift from a government by social compact, agreement between elected officials and citizens, to a government where the leaders tell the subjects what to do,’’ said Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall, a Republican and chief sponsor of the measure. “That is not what the American Revolution was about.’’
Versions of the bill have passed the Virginia House and Senate, with final passage considered all but certain. The Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, supports the measure.
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