This afternoon Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli held a press conference to explain his view of the case and what the next steps would be. He said this litigation was a "long process"; that as the case was wending its way to the Supreme Court,　he anticipates the Administration will seek an appeal in the Fourth Circuit and plans to seek an agreement to expedite that process to avoid the costs the Commonwealth would be forced to incur as the appeal proceeds. Politico's reporter indicated the government had suggested it would not agree to an expedited appeal, but Cuccinelli said he had not been told that and therefore was not prepared to say whether he'd move to expedite the appeal without the agreement of the federal government.As for the severability issue, the Attorney General said: The Administration gave its word in court it would abide by the Court's declaratory ruling. In his opinion [p. 40] the Judge indicated which provisions were dependent on Section 1501's...(Read Full Post)