Morning Docket: 06.17.10

* Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy is considering a proposal to recall retired Supreme Court Justices to sit on cases when a current Justice must recuse him or herself. [National Law Journal]

* Now comes the part where the lawyers try to convince 9/11 first responders to take the money. [Daily News]

* Richard Epstein on BP. [Wall Street Journal]

* If, as we mentioned yesterday, no-fault divorce does make it to New York State, it could mean an end to lying. [New York Times]

* Judge refuses to place a gag order on Rod Blagojevich. [ABA Journal]

* Obama’s Oval Office BP speech was aimed at a 10th grade level — and it was still too “professorial” for average Americans. That sound you hear is King George III laughing his ass off at Thomas Jefferson and his “educated” populace. [CNN]

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