Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 02.06.08

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* It ain’t over until Candy Crowley sings. Neither Clinton nor Obama lands a knockout punch on Super Tuesday, ensuring that the race for the Democratic presidential nomination will go on for quite some time. [New York Times; Washington Post]
* On the Republican side — of less interest to ATL, since there’s only one J.D. in that race (Mitt Romney), who never really practiced — John McCain cements his front-runner status. [New York Times; Washington Post]
* You can’t handle the truth! Okay, maybe you can. CIA Director Michael Hayden testifies to the Senate that waterboarding was used on three Al Qaeda operatives, back in 2002 and 2003. [Los Angeles Times via How Appealing; New York Times]
* A victory for free expression — or, at least, displays of hot, half-naked men (pictured). Virginia Beach plans to drop obscenity charges filed against an Abercrombie & Fitch store manager for a racy display. [Virginian-Pilot]
* Georgia loses federal water case; Alabama and Florida prevail. [New York Times]
* Waiting for Godot a ruling in a challenge to a federal anti-abortion law — first brought back in January 2005. [San Francisco Chronicle via How Appealing]
* Meet Dan Slater, the new lead writer of the Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog. [WSJ Law Blog]

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