Day: October 22, 2009

The ethics of government bailouts may present impossible problems

University of Minnesota Law School’s Richard Painter has prepared this interesting essay on government ethics and government bailouts. This essay concludes that government ethics law in its current state is not up to the task and that the United States is not prepared to implement bailouts in a manner that will instill public confidence. Although […]

Stevens prosecution fallout

The Times reports on the latest fallout at the Department of Justice of the prosecution of Sen. Ted Stevens.  William M. Welch II is stepping down. The official, William M. Welch II, who became a subject of an internal inquiry into the handling of the Stevens case, will return to Massachusetts, where he was a […]