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Morning Docket: 09.07.10

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Call me Juggalo Law. In spite of my functional illiteracy and a penchant for juvenile name-calling, I finished second in the Morning Docket writer competition. I could call myself one of the “winners” of the competition, but your favorite No Fear t-shirt is right when it says I’m merely the first loser. Before my star turn here at the only blawg that matters, I graduated from a fairly respectable law school (check you Cooley Rankings) and found a legal economy not quite down with the clown. For that reason, I am currently working as a contract attorney. For those of you unfamiliar with the world of contract attorneys, picture Biglaw. Now strip away all bottles, models, pride, and pay.

My job here at Above the Law is pretty simple. Alternating weeks with the talented Ms. Dockette, it is my duty to find the most relevant and interesting legal news and come up with pithy bon mots that would get Bruce Vilanch hot. Along the way, maybe we’ll all learn something. Perhaps we’ll all learn how magnets work.

Let’s do this…

* Appeals court rules that calling a black man “boy” has no racial overtones. [New York Times]

* An illegal immigrant with a 4.0 GPA wants nothing more than to be able to attend college. Gunner. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

* “Craigslist’s ‘adult services’ decision a blow to free speech?” Well-played, Ms. Chansanchai, but the Morning Docket position is taken. [msnbc.com]

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* Joran Van der Sloot continues to give a whole new meaning to the phrase “going Dutch.” [CNN]

* Supreme Court justices only hire clerks who align with them ideologically. Justice Kennedy is above this, of course. He only hires clerks who tell him he’s pretty. [New York Times]

* Smooth-talking Governor Jan Brewer has attracted plenty of money and support for her state’s legal battle over new immigration provisions. [Fox News]

* Google will pay $8.5 million to settle a lawsuit over privacy issues relating to Buzz. 3 people liked this. [BBC]

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