Morning Docket

Morning Docket 01.28.09

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* Cheerleaders get respect, but lose the ability to sue. The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules that cheerleading is a contact sport, and so its participants can’t be sued for accidentally causing injuries. [CNN]

* Rod Blagojevich is participating in his impeachment trial by audio tape only. While the Illinois Senate listened to the recordings of the governor’s crass conversations, Blago continues to make the interview rounds in the hopes of winning the trial of public opinion. [New York Times]

* Last October, Connecticut Judge E. Curtissa Cofield got hauled in by the coppers for drunken driving and side-swiping a police car. She displays her displeasure with being arrested in the recently released police video. The state’s first black female judge hurled racial epithets at the troopers and blamed her ill mood on “Negro-itis.” [Hartford Courant]

* President Obama is getting his revenge on SCOTUS Chief John Roberts for that oath flub with his first White House legislation. On Thursday, Obama will reverse a recent Supreme Court ruling that had restricted the ability of women and other workers to sue for pay discrimination. [San Francisco Chronicle]

* A review of the latest Blackberry model. Gizmodo gives the Blackberry Curve 8900 a thumbs up. [Gizmodo]

* New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed former Merrill Lynch honcho John Thain. Cuomo wants to ask the question that is on all of our minds. What’s with those billions in bonuses you gave out before Merrill merged with Bank of America? [New York Daily News]

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