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Morning Docket 04.01.09

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* Eric Turkewitz is putting the New York Personal Injury Law Blog on the auction block. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog]

* The Franken-Coleman Minnesota Senate legal drama may finally be drawing to a close. The three-judge panel wants to limit the recount to 400 absentee ballots. [New York Times]

* This is not the time to be perceived as privileged. A wave of populism is sweeping the nation says the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. Half of Americans want federal prosecutors to be more aggressive in pursuing criminal charges against business leaders. [Capital Journal/Wall Street Journal]

* Speaking of privileged, those California judges have it good. The conservative group Judicial Watch is going after the over 400 judges who make more than SCOTUS justices, and some of whom have state-provided car allowances and health club memberships. [Associated Press]

* R. Allen Stanford needs a public defender. The Texan billionaire facing “massive” fraud charges from the SEC said he has no money to hire an attorney because all of his assets have been seized. [Bloomberg]

* Justice Department lawyers determined (again) that D.C. is not entitled to representation in Congress, but AG Eric Holder wants a second — or really third — opinion. [Washington Post]

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