Morning Docket: 09.10.26

* Missouri lawmakers threaten to impeach state supreme court if they hold secretary of state in contempt for using redrawn maps that violate state constitution. [KCTV] Meanwhile, the whole thing is back at the U.S. Supreme Court -- which already blessed the Missouri supreme court decision -- after Republican judges on the Eighth Circuit approved district judge's collateral attack on state decision. [One First] * Todd Blanche speaks at Republican midterm rally in an obvious Hatch Act violation. But the administration says it was fine because it was cleared by the DOJ's ethics people... as a reminder, the DOJ fired its ethics people last year. [The Hill] * Senator Roger Marshall relentlessly sued his patients as an OB/GYN up to the point where new mothers were led away from their children in handcuffs. But, you know, Republicans are about family. [NY Times] * The Trump White House has been blatantly ripping off video game trademarks for the last couple weeks. Most sat back and took it, but Tetris threatened to actually enforce its legal rights and Trump instantly backed down. [BBC] * A deep dive into the mail-in ballot fight at the Supreme Court. [Just Security] * Convicted sex traffickers hired Alan Dershowitz to help pursue "executive clemency" according to financial documents, [NY Times] * Producers of The Pitt ask court to shut down Michael Crichton estate's lawsuit over similarities to ER based on... well, Noah Wyle working in an hospital. [Courthouse News Service] * Ohio AG sues the J. Peterman company. The fallout from the urban sombrero continues. [Cincinnati Inquirer] * A small and solo response to bar association AI policies built for Biglaw. [ABA Journal]