GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 04/29/2014

Holder: DOJ analyzing arrest data for racial bias In 2012, black men were six times more likely to be arrested than white men, Latinos two-and-a-half times as likely, according to data from the Department of Justice. "This overrepresentation of young men of color in our criminal justice system is a problem we must confront..." said Attorney General Eric Holder in a video press release Monday.

Caution Advised on Changes to the Constitution It looks like all sorts of people are participating in the game of rewriting parts of the U.S. Constitution. It started with state legislators, who apparently had time on their hands, and now even Supreme Court justices have joined.

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Special Rules for Democrats Remember poverty? It was once a chief preoccupation of the Democratic Party. Lyndon Johnson made war on it. An entire ecosystem of federal, state and local programs has been created over the course of the past half-century to combat it, costing taxpayers more than $1 trillion annually.

Teachers give unions failing grade, survey says A national survey of teachers shows that they are not in lock-step agreement with union leaders. If fact, results reinforce the fact they believe unions are out of touch with teachers.

Progress in the affirmative The U.S. Supreme Court accelerated America's glacial movement toward a "color-blind" society last week by upholding a Michigan ban on affirmative action in public colleges and universities.

Media Hits and Misses Covering Benghazi Press Conference On April 22, the Citizens’ Commission on Benghazi (CCB) released a report on the findings of its months-long search for the truth behind the Benghazi attacks of September 11, 2012. It has made its report public on its website.

Rutgers students against freedom of speech Roughly 50 Rutgers University students are staging a sit-in at a school administration building in New Brunswick to protest the school's decision to invite Condoleezza Rice to speak at the university's commencement next month.

GOP, Rediscover Your Backbone Please explain this: Obama is incredibly unpopular, and Obamacare is one of the main reasons, yet some Republicans are now saying it's here to stay. That is flat-out unacceptable. GOP -- heal thyself.