Four Legal Battles That May Cost Cuccinelli The Virginia Governorship
DANIEL STRAUSS – OCTOBER 11, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT1866
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Here are four legal battles that are coming back to haunt Cuccinelli.
Abortion Clinic Regulations
On Wednesday, a Virginia judge ruled that a lawsuit, brought by the Falls Church Healthcare Center over Virginia's strict new abortion clinic regulations, could go forward. The laws (often referred to as Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers, or TRAP, laws) require clinics to meet some of the same standards as some hospitals. Though the bill was signed into law by current Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), Cuccinelli was instrumental in its strict implementation.
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Anti-Sodomy Law
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling on Virginia's anti-sodomy law. Cuccinelli's office claimed that its pursuit of the case was about "using current law to protect a 17 year-old girl from a 47 year-old sexual predator," but they failed to mention that as a state legislator, he had opposed efforts in 2004 to reform the state's Crimes Against Nature law to only apply to "public sex, sex with minors, and prostitution."
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Voter Suppression
Last week, Virginia's Democratic Party filed a legal complaint against the Virginia state elections board, arguing that Cuccinelli and McDonnell have wrongfully purged as many 50,000 registered voters from state rolls prior in advance of the November gubernatorial election.
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Climate Change
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Cuccinelli, who has previously been on the record as skeptical of climate change, began investigating the scientist, Michael Mann, in 2010 over whether Mann committed fraud in getting government funds to research climate change. McAullife's campaign has also campaigned against Cuccinelli on this. The campaign released an attack ad titled "Witch Hunt" that says Cuccinelli used taxpayer funds to conduct the investigation.
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