Morning Docket: 09.30.10

* Michigan AG candidate David Leyton demands that assistant AG Andrew Shirvell be faaaaaaaabuloussss fired. [Ann Arbor News]

* If at first you don’t succeed, ignore the judge’s ruling and try again. Lawyers for the Department of the Interior beg for a pass on the second deep-water drilling moratorium. [Bloomberg]

* “I’m black, I’m transsexual, and my name is Lord Jesus Christ.” Three strikes and you’re out at this Massachusetts library. [The Republican]

* New Jersey ethics laws have loopholes? Impossible –- New Jersey is a bastion of honesty and integrity! [Philadelphia Inquirer]

* Being the director of FernGully Avatar now qualifies you as an expert in federal Indian law. [Vancouver Sun]

* The Iranian Blogfather has been sentenced to 19 ½ years in prison for blogging. Yes, blogging. Good thing we ATL staffers don’t live in Iran… [CNN International]

* HTTP 404 – Net neutrality not found. Congress now looks to the FCC to reboot the internet. [Wall Street Journal]

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* San Francisco judge Vaughn Walker (N.D. Cal.), of Prop 8 fame, is stepping down from the federal bench at the end of the year. Will this have an impact on the case going forward? [Los Angeles Times]

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