* Georgia Supreme Court expedites Genarlow Wilson hearing. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

* Libby gets supervised release to wrap up his sentencing. [WSJ Law Blog]

* Off with their food safety head. [BBC]

* Georgia judge dies after beating received during robbery two weeks ago. [Fulton County Daily Report]

They do things differently over in China. Here in the United States, for example, we like to put cats on TV. In China, they like to eat them.

And in the Chinese city of Xiamen, they take an approach to anonymous comments on the internet that diverges from the American way. From UPI:

A Chinese city plans to ban anonymous online postings after Internet users successfully campaigned to stop completion of a chemical factory.

The ban mandates Internet users must provide proof of their real identify when posting messages on more than 100,000 Web sites registered in Xiamen, the Times of London reported Saturday.

We're not experts on internet use in China, so please excuse our ignorance, but we don't understand how this ban is supposed to work. How does the ban stop people from posting as "GeneralTso888"? Sure, maybe the authorities can track you down through your IP address, if you dare to post as "Hot Pork Buns" (and that is not your real name). But couldn't they have done that even before the ban?

And if the point of the ban is to establish some penalties for posting anonymously or under a pseudonym, that also seems like a waste of time. Doesn't China already have enough pretexts for throwing people in prison?

P.S. Yes, we're Asian -- and part Chinese, in fact.

Chinese city bans anonymous web postings [United Press International via Drudge Report]

--Ah, so Goulston & Storrs is going to China.* [WSJ Law Blog]

--Our Legal Eagle Wedding Watch is already generating controversy -- see this post (and the comments). But Dan Markel -- at right, with Wendi Adelson, his lovely wife -- isn't impartial when it comes to the NYT wedding pages.** [PrawfsBlawg]

--Yes, ATL will weigh in at some point on the controversy over diversity, Supreme Court clerks, and the relatively small number of women in this Term's group of SCOTUS clerks. [Slate and Concurring Opinions, via SCOTUSblog]

But not on the Friday before Labor Day. Enjoy the holiday, everyone!

* We can make this lame, insensitive, politically incorrect pun, 'cause we're Asian ourselves. And it's hard out here for an Asian male. We're the one demographic group that's never en vogue -- unlike, say, Asian women, or African-American men. So please, allow us the small pleasures.

** Disclosure: We went to college with Dan, worked on the school newspaper with him, and are friends with him. Hell, we're pals with like three-quarters of the people we link to, write about, etc. The law: it's a small world after all.

So please assume that everything you read here is potentially tainted with some kind of undisclosed conflict. Actual mileage may vary. Personal-injury lawyers in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are. Thank you.