Dorry's Daily Digest for Sept. 7
A daily look at news from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal that caught our eye:
Ethics
Congressional Charities Pulling in Corporate Cash (NYT)
The Courts
Polarization of Supreme Court Is Reflected in Justices’ Clerks (NYT)
Obama getting fewer judges confirmed than Nixon – (WP)
Energy and Environment
A Necessary Moratorium (NYT – Editorial)
Mr. Obama vs. the greens [WP editorial]
U.S. Won’t Say if Blowout Preventer on Way to Shore – (WP)
Economy and Financial Reform
Lehman’s Last Hours – (NYT)
New Council of Regulators to Tackle Systemic Risks – (WP)
Bankruptcy Court is Latest Battleground for Traders – (WSJ)
Obama to Push Tax Break – (WSJ)
Obama in Infrastructure Push – (WSJ)
Washington and the “Recovery Summer” that Wasn’t – (WSJ)
Health
Who Should Provide Anethesia Care? -( NYT)
Health Care Wastefulness Is Detailed in Studies – (NYT)
When is a hospital patient not an inpatient? (WP)
Privacy
New lawsuit to challenge laptop searches – (WP)