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Morning Docket: 09.09.10

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* The 9th Circuit ruled yesterday that prisoners held by the C.I.A. in overseas prisons could not sue over alleged torture because the lawsuit might expose government secrets. Secrets like, how the government tortures prisoners. [Associated Press]

* Does punishable mean “able to be punished” and is Miguel Tejada the proper precedent? The answers to these questions will determine a Bush lawyer’s fate. [BLT]

*For those of you who don’t habla español, La Barbie is Spanish for…The Barbie. [New York Times]

* There’s a “Going Into Business Sale” happening at some law firms. [Wall Street Journal]

* So this lawyer clears up issues relating to Minka Kelly’s cockapoodle. I review documents in a small windowless storage closet room. I guess what I’m trying to say is, we can’t all be Atticus Finch. [New York Daily News]

* The University of Chicago Law School received a gift of $10 million in order to keep pace with Yale and Harvard…and Baltimore? [Bloomberg]

* This week, the Morning Docket book club will be reading “Ape House.” I don’t want to ruin the book for all of you, but it features bonobo sex. Dockette will be leading the discussion next week. [New York Times]

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