Morning Docket 01.22.10

* Justice John Paul Stevens read an impassioned dissent on Citizens United. But was it a last hurrah for the 89-year-old justice? [USA Today]
* John Michael Farren, the former Bush lawyer charged with the attempted murder of his Skadden counsel wife, pleads not guilty. [Washington Post]
* Mike Leach’s lawsuit against Texas Tech is being taken off the field. [Campus Rivalry/USA Today]
* Not another pretty face. [Chicago Tribune]
* Child cruelty and animal cruelty all wrapped up in one disgusting package. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
* A whole bunch of fake lawyers could be laid off soon. [Zap2it; ABC News]
* You can carry as much marijuana as you want with a doctor’s note in California. [Courthouse News Service]
* R.I.P., Daniel J. Freed. [New York Times]

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