Morning Docket: 01.26.11

onJanuary 26, 2011 at 9:17 AMJanuary 26, 2011 at 9:29 AM

* Rahmbo repeatedly invoked President Obama in legal briefs filed with the Illinois Supreme Court. Name dropping is something not stressed enough in legal writing classes. [Washington Post]

* State legislators are crafting various laws aimed at combating distracted pedestrians. There’s a state senator somewhere saying “This is our sputnik moment, guys!” [New York Times]

* A trial has been set over one Nebraska town’s ordinances that make it illegal to employ or rent to illegal immigrants. The idea of Fremont, Nebraska being choosy about who lives there is like Clint Howard saying he only dates models. [Bloomberg]

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* A British lawyer has quit trying to shake down file-sharers. In a statement, the lawyer said, “Figgy pudding, Spotted Dick, aluminum.” But he said aluminum weird. [BBC News]

* Taco Bell defended itself against allegations that its taco beef is made with a proprietary blend of rat droppings and steak-umms. Elie doesn’t care. [Associated Press]

* Ohio will now use pentobarbital to off their inmates. Not that the state needed all that for the executions, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. [WSJ Law Blog]