Morning Docket: 08.24.12

* What’s up with all these lawyers who are into kiddie porn? Former Allen & Overy partner Edward De Sear faces up to 180 years in prison and $2M in fines on new charges — eight federal child porn counts. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight] * The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal on the state’s voter ID law on an expedited basis. The state, of course, wants oral arguments to be scheduled closer to the election in November. Yay government. [Bloomberg] * What can we learn from Barack Obama’s own student loan debt repayment plan? With the exception of a book deal, even if you and your spouse are both rich, it’ll still take you more than a decade to pay off your debts. [Smarter Investor / U.S. News] * Wilhelmina Wright has been appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court, making her the first black woman to ever serve as an associate justice. Well, that only took like more than a century. [National Law Journal] * “There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough.’” Lance Armstrong gave up his fight against the USADA. Even with one ball he’s still a bigger man than Travis Tygart. [New York Times] * “[P]arty like a liberal!” Strippers are hoping to make it rain down in Florida during GOP convention week, because according to a strip club trade group, Republicans spend three times more than Democrats. [CNN]

* What’s up with all these lawyers who are into kiddie porn? Former Allen & Overy partner Edward De Sear faces up to 180 years in prison and $2M in fines on new charges — eight federal child porn counts. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]

* The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal on the state’s voter ID law on an expedited basis. The state, of course, wants oral arguments to be scheduled closer to the election in November. Yay government. [Bloomberg]

* What can we learn from Barack Obama’s own student loan debt repayment plan? With the exception of a book deal, even if you and your spouse are both rich, it’ll still take you more than a decade to pay off your debts. [Smarter Investor / U.S. News]

* Wilhelmina Wright has been appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court, making her the first black woman to ever serve as an associate justice. Well, that only took like more than a century. [National Law Journal]

* “There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough.’” Lance Armstrong gave up his fight against the USADA. Even with one ball he’s still a bigger man than Travis Tygart. [New York Times]

* “[P]arty like a liberal!” Strippers are hoping to make it rain down in Florida during GOP convention week, because according to a strip club trade group, Republicans spend three times more than Democrats. [CNN]

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