Morning Docket: 11.04.10

* The Republicans’ strategy to roll back Obamacare will resemble “death by a thousand cuts.” Sounds painful, but it’s much gentler than the other strategy they considered, “death by uninsured syphilis.” [BusinessWeek]

* An assistant general counsel at the CIA asserts in a new law review article that U.S. law does not forbid rendition. I was going to say something about that Jake Gyllenhaal movie, but I never saw Brokeback. [Washington Post SpyTalk]

* A Baltimore dog owner is challenging that city’s leash law with a “novel” legal defense. Fido’s coming yo! [Baltimore Sun]

* The New York Times manages to write about the Iowa judicial elections without using the words “random dislike of gay love.” Amateurs. [New York Times]

* The Supreme Court heard arguments on preemption and the establishment clause yesterday. [National Law Journal]

* This story about Proposition 19 supporters begins with a sentence that uses both “blunt” and “spark.” Well played, Josh Richman. Well played. [Oakland Tribune]

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