Morning Docket: 11.11.10

* Things just got real for Judge Judy wannabe DeAnn Salcido. With 39 counts of judicial misconduct, this über benchslap has got to sting. [San Diego Union Tribune]

* The ABA Journal is asking readers to submit haikus about life in the law. My entry: Just graduated. My class is totally screwed. Waahh, soul-crushing debt. [ABA Journal]

* Florida may consider a posthumous pardon for Doors singer Jim Morrison. Efficient use of taxpayer funds? Ehh. Awesome? Hell yeah! [St. Petersburg Times]

* Oklahoma desea que su idioma oficial del estado sea inglés. Pero aparentemente que es inconstitucional. ¿Qué piensa usted? [Tulsa World]

* Joe Miller apparently needs to learn the A-B-C’s of voter intent when it comes to misspelled write-in ballots. What a disgraceful Yalie. [Wall Street Journal; Los Angeles Times]

* Eww, check out some of the vomit-inducing new warning labels that will be appearing on your cigarette cartons by 2012. Thanks, Tobacco Control Act. [New York Times]

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