Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 09.16.09

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* The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel has given President Obama the green light to ignore a law forbidding State Department officials from attending certain U.N. meetings. [New York Times]
* Sir Allen Stanford gets a public defender. Let’s hope this is just a way station en route to his going pro se. [Dealbreaker; WSJ Law Blog]
* An elegant explanation of why English defamation law sucks so much. [The Wild Side]
* A 24-year-old Yale lab technician has been taken into custody in connection with the killing of Yale graduate student Annie Le. [New York Daily News]
* The House voted, largely along party lines, to rebuke Rep. Joe “You lie!” Wilson (R-SC). [Washington Post]
* Barring something unforeseen, Cyrus Vance Jr. will replace the legendary Robert Morgenthau as New York district attorney. [New York Times]
* The FCC wants to take a second look at Janet Jackson’s breasts. [How Appealing]

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