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It’s Not Illegal If Nobody Has Standing To Say So — See Also

Nice Office You Got There: Let’s tear down the Supreme Court building! After all, the Court says no one can stop a president from unilaterally destroying a historic building.

‘A Whorehouse And Las Vegas’: Ty Cobb reviews Trump’s ballroom.

Legal Tech Love-In: Everyone in legal tech is hopping into bed with each other. Figuratively (we hope). The big rundown on last week’s ILTACON and how it relates to swinging.

Fools For Clients: Wall Street banks want Biglaw to cut its bills because they can get answers from AI. These are not serious people.

Pangram Perils: Law professors up in arms about AI have put their faith in AI tools to detect AI. That’s a dangerous proposition.

Erin Piacenti, Fordham Law ’21 And Bank Of America VP, Killed In Times Square Attack: The 32-year-old had celebrated her second wedding anniversary three weeks earlier.

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Morning Docket: 09.01.26

* Supreme Court decides no one has standing to stop a president who wants to tear down a national monument and build on top of it all without congressional approval. [Balls and Strikes]

* HSF Kramer named in billion-dollar malpractice suit. [Bloomberg Law News]

* They convicted Tupac's murderer. [Reuters]

* Trump's financial aid cap didn't collapse law school admissions this cycle. Which either proves it wasn't a big deal or law students are as irresponsible with their future finances as ever. [ABA Journal]

* State AGs say Amazon pocketed $20 billion through price manipulation. [Law360]

* Should the Purcell principle apply to federal election law changes? I mean, it won't in this case because this is an election law change that Republicans want, but in theory. [One First]

* Lawsuit alleges airline outed gay couple to Saudi authorities. [Volokh Conspiracy]

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Samuel Alito Has Absolutely No (Direct) Financial Interest In The Upcoming Global Warming Case — See Also

Alito Is Still Loaded Up On Oil And Gas Stock Ahead Of The Big Climate Case: His long-withheld financials, posted this morning, confirm the holdings watchdogs say should have forced a recusal.

Jim Clyburn’s Clarence Thomas Endorsement Has Not Aged Well, And He Knows It: Turns out ‘personal and professional friend’ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Biglaw Is Betting 12.2 Million Square Feet That You’re Coming Back To The Office: Legal sector leasing is up 17% — which is what a four-day office policy looks like on the ground level.

Bad News, Counselors — You’re Not Even Special At Being Miserable: A new admin misery survey finds lawyers are roughly as put-upon as every other professional drowning in paperwork.

You Can’t Hide Behind A Disciplinary Process You Refuse To Run: The Sixth Circuit revives a professor’s First Amendment suit after Kentucky barred him from teaching, advising, meetings, and the building for over a year.

The Trump Admin’s Ballot Rule Is ‘Routine Housekeeping,’ Same As Any Cremated Pet: Somehow federalizing mail-in voting doesn’t read as a modest clerical matter.

Law School Grads Here Are Killing It In The Job Market: A deep dive into the numbers.

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