Morning Docket: 08.31.17

* Maybe it's just me, but your lawyer shouldn't be giving interviews about he "relishes a challenge," when your entire defense -- to date -- is that the case against you is a "nothing burger." Right? [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Remember Kim Davis? Her lawyer Mat Staver wants us to know that people who hate gays are persecuted like Jews in Nazi Germany. Yes... it's exactly like that. [Huffington Post] * Have equity partners become employees? [American Lawyer] * Special prosecutor appointed to look into Richard Luthmann's alleged use of spoof Facebook accounts to masquerade as various elected officials. Perhaps he should seek to vindicate himself through trial by combat. [NY Post] * We already knew that trial by combat is allowed in New York, but what about "blood oaths"? According to the SDNY, those are enforceable too. America's conversion into Westeros is almost complete. [Law.com] * Philadelphia is suing Jeff Sessions over the administration's efforts to frustrate the town's "sanctuary city" status. [Philly.com] * Speaking of sanctuary, Chief Judge Orlando Garcia blocked the controversial Texas sanctuary cities law. [Washington Post] * NLJ hands out three lifetime achievement awards. [National Law Journal]