* Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (pictured), a hero to conservatives, has sued the federal government over health care reform, based on a recently passed Virginia law that bars the government from requiring people to buy health insurance. [Washington Post]
* Doctors introduce poor people to lawyers, who help them out through “preventive law.” [New York Times]
* Berkeley Law professor Goodwin Liu is criticized by Republicans as “beyond the mainstream” — which means he should fit right in on the Ninth Circuit. [How Appealing]
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* Justice Ginsburg defends DOJ lawyers who represented Guantanamo detainees back when they were in private practice — a group that includes one of her former law clerks. [Associated Press]
* Today Obama will sign the executive order ensuring that current restrictions on the federal funding of abortion will continue under health care reform. [CNN]