Ken Cuccinelli challenges Virginia’s sodomy ruling

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:56:00 +0000

Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's attorney general, has asked a federal court to reconsider a decision to overturn the state's ban on sodomy, which is currently part of Virginia's “Crimes Against Nature” statute.

Cuccinelli filed a petition with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, asking for the full 15-judge court to review a decision made last month by a three-judge panel. The panel ruled 2-1 that the statute is unconstitutional based on the Supreme Court's 2003 decision in Lawrence vs. Texas.

The Washington Blade reports:

Karl Rove: The Democrats’ shocking inspiration

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:00:00 +0000

George W. Bush's reelection, and the fear that the newfound Republican vote hunting mettle behind it might presage a generation out of power for Democrats, brought new urgency to the left’s previously fitful efforts toward innovation. In late 2004, Laura Quinn called former Democratic National Committee colleague Debra DeShong and asked her to come to the consulting firm Quinn owned. Quinn’s desk was covered with newspaper and magazine clips about how Bush had won, many of them lionizing Karl Rove.

It is common for operatives to spend much of their time trying to figure out what the opposition is up to, but Quinn’s fixation on Rove had risen to the level of obsession. She kept easily accessible on her computer desktop the video of a 1972 CBS News report in which Dan Rather visits the Committee for the Re-Election of the President to marvel at the latest techniques being used to support Richard Nixon’s reelection, including the earliest efforts at data-driven direct-mail fundraising. The correspondent then travels to the basement, where he meets the executive director of the College Republicans, busy plotting Nixon’s youth registration efforts. “Young people have got to reach other young people, and that’s what we’re seeking to do,” says a 21-year-old Karl Rove, decorated with glasses, a tie and vest combination, and luxurious sideburns.

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Ken Cuccinelli challenges Virginia’s sodomy ruling

Karl Rove: The Democrats’ shocking inspiration