Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli

Our special guest, Ken Cuccinelli, is the current Attorney General of Virginia. Previously he served in the U.S. Senate from 2002 to 2007. In the Senate Cuccinelli sat on the Courts of Justice, Local Government, Rehabilitation and Social Services, and Transportation Committees. In addition to the NRA and Republican National Coalition for Life, Cuccinelli was endorsed by Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, Fred Thompson, Morton Blackwell, and William A. Zimmerman, amongst others. Recently, Cuccinelli has gained wide attention for his strong position against abortion. In March of 2010, Cuccinelli filed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration challenging the Constitutionality of the federal health care bill, which passed earlier this year, claiming that it exceeds the Federal government's power under the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution. In July of 2010, Cuccinelli’s office joined eight other states in filing an amicus brief opposing the federal government's lawsuit challenging an Arizona immigration enforcement statute. Ken Cuccinelli has served on a number of state commissions, including, the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Project, the Public/Private Partnership Advisory Commission, the Commission on the Prevention of Human Trafficking, the Joint Subcommittee to Study Liability Protections for Health Care Providers, and the Virginia Supreme Court Commission on Mental Health in the Justice System