Morning Docket: 10.07.09
* Can Congress ban a “Human Sacrifice Channel” on television? Justice Alito wants to know (and Fox probably does too). [New York Times; Washington Briefs]
* European Union regulators are working on a settlement in the Microsoft browser case. [AP]
* A jury concludes: mugging a 101-year-old woman on her way to church is not cool. [New York Daily News]
* Obama officially nominates Judge Denny Chin (pictured) and Judge Rogeriee Thompson to the Second and First Circuits, respectively. [How Appealing (linkwrap)]
* Former Liberal Party leader Raymond Harding pleads guilty in a corruption case. [New York Times]
* A sign that things are returning to normal? Lawyers are leaving law firms for Wall Street (or one is, at least — Lewis Steinberg, who left UBS for Linklaters, goes back to the Swiss bank). [ABA Journal]
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Comments
Quit bashing Fox you pussy.
David, you look so much older in the picture.
Ha HA! Fox news! They're republicrat! Kos!
Penis!
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DENNY CRANE!
When are you going to do a small firm focus on family law? I've been waiting...
I don't have a particular opinion on the Human Sacrafice channel, but they better not touch my NAMBLA channel.
Liberal party leaders are corrupt and take money from other's pensions to line their own pockets?
Wait, when did that start happening? Really? No way.
6 - Email ATL with your request and include some material to get the thread going. (I did this for one of the earlier threads, and they used my email.)
8 - Nice.
Wow, Lat, the random drive-by of Fox was very Mystttal-esque.
The Racist Walrus must be rubbing off on you.
Do you people have that much respect for Fox News? I'm a conservative and I watch the channel frequently but I certainly wouldn't deny that it often caters to the lowest common denominator. Lat isn't bashing their news coverage - he's simply stating that a network that still considers Natalie Holloway to be pressing news would also happily air Mike Vick's Funniest Home Videos.
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A Parter Emeritus doppleganger!!! I caught you.
As a football fan, it amazes me how CNN etc inaccurately report on Vick's football games in an attempt show he is playing poorly and not making an impact.
At this stage, he is a back-up who is occassionally used on gadget plays. As he gets in better shape, he may play more. He is only going to be in on a few plays, so it is highly unlikely he will make any impact.
He mistreated and savagely killed dozens of dogs- it was awful, sick behavior. CNN and company can keep bashing him on that if they want, but as an international media outlet, they should not try to twist and manipulate what occurred in his football games.
11 is right.
Lat is conservative, but even he recognizes that Fox is trashy (and he's referring here to Fox the entertainment channel, not Fox News).
Denny Chin, proud Fordham Law grad.
Good work Obama... now nominate some District Court judges!!! We are dying here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the new haircut Dave.