Morning Docket: 05.06.11

* A bunch of kids are suing the federal government and state governments over greenhouse gas emissions. Frankie says relax, nerds. [New York Times]

* Challenges to Obamacare will get their first appellate hearing in Richmond, Virginia, next Tuesday. Classic states rights location. Classic. [USA Today]

* For the second time, jurors in the Raj Rajaratnam case have asked to hear phone calls recorded by the government. On them, Rajabba can be heard breathing heavily. Wheezing, really. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Both Bryan Cave and Holland & Knight are being hit with lawsuits. Both bemoan the litigiousness of modern American society. [Am Law Daily]

* Elly May Clampett is suing Mattel over their “Elly May Barbie.” Bratz has filed an amicus brief. [CNN via ABA Journal]

* The Phoebe Prince bullying case ended not with a bang, but a whimper. [Boston Globe]

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