Conyers Fails Primary Process; Plans to Overturn Law
“There is clear Supreme Court and federal court precedent overturning petition residency laws and requirements, and we are confident that those laws will be invalidated in Michigan as well,” Conyers’ campaign co-chairman, state Sen. Bert Johnson said in a news release. “As a result, under existing precedent, we believe Representative Conyers will ultimately be placed on the August ballot.”
Read More: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/05/14/Conyers-fails-to-qualify-for-primary-ballot/7421400071973/

Free-speech battle hits the Big Island

College students in Hawaii have filed a lawsuit against their university for allegedly violating their First Amendment rights. Since then, more students from the same university are alleging free-speech violations.
Read More: http://www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2014/05/13/free-speech-battle-hits-the-big-island#.U3PJ5HaDnqw

Why Democrats are Terrified of the Select Committee

Democrats are beside themselves. They desperately want the Benghazi investigation to end, but new revelations continue to surface, prompting more questions about the event and its aftermath. So they’re doing everything they can to discredit the newly appointed House Select Committee.
Read More: http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/2014/05/14/why-democrats-are-terrified-of-the-select-committee/

More Than Talk Needed to Rescue Trapped Vets

Leave it to President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress to enact what they billed as “comprehensive” health reform and overlook the plight of 8.5 million veterans. That’s what they did in 2010 when they passed Obamacare. It provides coverage for convicts and even for newcomers to this country with no waiting period, but it does nothing to help the nation’s veterans, who have suffered waiting for care in the Veterans Affairs system for over 20 years.
Read More: http://www.creators.com/opinion/betsy-mccaughey/more-than-talk-needed-to-rescue-trapped-vets.html

ACLU: Silent protests are protected speech

The American Civil Liberties Union says the silent protests at last week’s City Council meeting were “protected speech” and that the protesters shouldn’t have been forced from the chambers.
Read More: http://www.abqjournal.com/399473/news/litigation-possible-over-protest-citations.html

Subsidizing Wind

Renewing federal tax credits for wind energy would blatantly waste taxpayer dollars on a manifestly unsustainable industry that’s wholly dependent on government subsidies.
Read More: http://triblive.com/opinion/editorials/6080020-74/wind-credits-energy#axzz31ily5E9u

President wants transgenders in military, says national defense analyst

A conservative military watchdog is not surprised that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says he is open to the idea of allowing transgenders in the U.S. military.
Read More: http://onenewsnow.com/national-security/2014/05/13/president-wants-transgenders-in-military-says-national-defense-analyst#.U3PHy3aDnqw