Morning Docket: 03.03.10

* SCOTUS grapples with guns, hearing argument in McDonald v. Chicago. [Washington Post]
* Meanwhile, three Seventh Circuit judges put themselves on the receiving end of lawyers’ questions, by taking the witness stand in the Hal Turner trial in Brooklyn. [How Appealing (linkwrap)]
* Chief Justice John Roberts declines to stop gay marriage from coming to Washington, D.C. [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times]
* Gov. Rick Perry defeats Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison — a UT Law alumna, by the way — in the Republican primary for the Texas gubernatorial race. [New York Times]
* A hot new trend: secretaries filing overtime lawsuits? [Am Law Daily]
* Speaking of suits…. although a judge signed off on the proposed donation, the Smithsonian doesn’t want O.J. Simpson’s “acquittal suit.” [TMZ]

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