June 1, 2014 --

Rep. John Conyers Jr. was rescued from political oblivion when a federal judge in Michigan ruled that his "'failure to comply with... [Michigan's primary ballot] registration statute was the result of good-faith mistake.'"  

Although Rep. Conyers did not have the requisite number of signatures on his petition forre-election, the judge ordered that Conyers' name be placed on the primary ballot.  How about this?  From now on, an incumbent automatically qualifies to be on a primary ballot.  Even better -- let's have all incumbents elected, automatically.