Morning Constitutional – Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Good morning, everyone. Lindsay\’s going to jail for a little bit. Now, your morning constitutional:

The White House announced Tuesday that President Obama will use a recess appointment to make Dr. Donald Berwick the new Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid and how the two health insurance systems will incorporate the reforms mandated in the Affordable Care Act. The nomination had been stalled by Republicans in the Senate for months. Ezra Klein from March on why this post is an important one.

An independent review into the leaked \”Climategate\” e-mails has found no evidence to question the \”rigor and honesty\” of scientists involved.

The Department of Justice has filed a suit challenging Arizona\’s controversial new immigration law, claiming that it usurps federal law.

Mullets are now officially illegal in Iran.

Alvin Green, Democratic candidate for Senate in South Carolina, has an idea for creating jobs: \”Another thing we can do for jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays. Little dolls. Me. Like maybe little action dolls. Me in an army uniform, air force uniform, and me in my suit. They can make toys of me and my vehicle, especially for the holidays and Christmas for the kids. That\’s something that would create jobs. So you see I think out of the box like that. It\’s not something a typical person would bring up. That\’s something that could happen, that makes sense. It\’s not a joke.\”

Sen. John Kerry fires back—hard—at Mitt Romney today in an op-ed for the Washington Post on Romney\’s criticism of the New START treaty. Fred Kaplan on why Romney\’s critique is wrong-headed.

Europe is adopting renewable energy at a rapid pace.

Columnist sees kids giving away lemonade and decides it\’s what\’s wrong with America.

New restaurant called Conflict Kitchen will only serve food from countries with which the U.S. is in conflict.

Visualizing and analyzing the drug war in Mexico.

France has sentenced former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to seven years in prison for laundering drug money.

Finally, a New York couple gets married in a shark tank.