Mexican natives, Dems in Congress and Common Cause sue U.S.—will countersuit follow?

Activist group Common Cause, viewed by conservatives as Leftist, has filed a de facto lawsuit on behalf of Mexican natives and some Democrats in Congress against the American people, guised as “asking the U.S. District Court in Washington to declare that the Senate’s filibuster rule is unconstitutional and violates the core American principle of majority rule.”

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Writer says Google killed conservative blog—better back yours up

As TUSR filed this column, The New York Conservative blog appeared to have been restored by Google. (Screen snip)With the shutdown of the New York Conservative blog, if you’re getting your blog for free at Google, or anywhere else, you’d better back it up, especially if you write about politics.

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After ‘The View’ will women dream again of Obama?

A new poll has former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney ahead of President Barack Obama among women voters. (Photo: Romney campaign)President Barack Obama’s appearance on the pop culture show The View expands his efforts to regain the grip on women voters he enjoyed in 2008.

Obama has worked hard to restore his luster after the Hilary Rosen affair. After Rosen insulted Ann Romney, Obama’s team distanced the president despite the fact that White House visitor logs showed a person by that name had visited 35 times.

How are women faring under the Obama administration?

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Millions in earmarks, grants enriched Obama’s city of residence

“The Department of Health and Human Services last week announced it had awarded a $5.9 million grant to a University of Chicago Medical Center program tied to Michelle Obama and run by Eric Whitaker, one of President Obama’s closest friends.”—White House Dossier; May 14, 2012

Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the U.S., with Chicago Mayor “Big Boss” Richard J. Daley at the state’s convention of Democrats in 1976. Daley died shortly after this photo was published. There’s a fairly well-sourced account of Daley’s life and notoriety at Wikipedia. [Photo: Thomas J. O’Halloran. U.S. Library of Congress. Published Sept. 9, 1976.]

Health and Human Services’ latest grant to the University of Chicago Medical Center where First Lady Michelle Obama once held a lucrative job is but a drop in the overall bucket of Obama-funds to his city of residence.

Even before the president was elected, he shuttled generous taxpayer dollars to Chicago.

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Wire service says swing state of Florida vetting 180,000 voter registrations

Florida is a swing state in the 2012 election, and that’s a good reason for state officials to make sure voter registrations are legitimate. Reuters ran a story on May 11 reporting that 180,000 registrations are being vetted in the Sunshine State.

Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced the initiative on May 9. In a news release, Detzner said the Dept. of State recently sent the information of “more than 2,600 potential non-citizens to Florida’s 67 Supervisors of Elections for review and, if warranted, removal from Florida’s voter rolls.” The initiative is ongoing.

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Rep. Corrine Brown meltdown with state attorney after trial

After taking sudden interest in a case, Rep. Corrine Brown showed up at the Jacksonville courthouse to confront State Attorney Angela Corey.[Screen snip, News4Jax video]Rep. Corrine Brown took an unusual step as a U.S. congresswoman (D-Fla. 3) when she showed up after a trial to confront state attorney Angela Corey (4^th Judicial Circuit). Brown had a meltdown right there in the Jacksonville (Fla.) courthouse.

The case involved a defendant who claimed a Stand Your Ground defense. The statutes defining SYG are not as clear cut as media often portray. Read some of the criteria that must be satisfied and it’s obvious this can be a difficult defense to mount.

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