Morning Docket 10.01.08

* Alaskan Republicans think Sarah Palin has enough on her plate preparing for Thursday’s debate. They’ve filed a proposed order to stop the Troopergate investigation and a motion for a new judge. [Courthouse News Service]

* The Ninth Circuit rules that San Francisco can make employers contribute to a fund for universal health care. This could take ERISA to new places. [New York Times]

* “No more clubbing for federal judges.” [Legal Times]

* The difference between special counsels, special attorneys and special prosecutors. [Slate]

* J. Michael Flanagan, the hard-working attorney of Britney Spears, is trying to get her traffic case dismissed. [Celebrity Cafe]

* The Senate gets its chance to vote on the bailout plan. [Washington Post]

* Does the U.S.-attorney-firing-gate rival Watergate? [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

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