Morning Docket: 06.29.23

* While Sam Alito rewrote laws to help oil and gas exploit more land, his wife was... making land deals with oil and gas companies. But I guess that's okay because his wife's money isn't "adjacent" to him because the couple is not physically "continuously connected." [The Intercept] * Law professor who feels persecuted because law schools hire other professors to teach classes about racism is going after a law school for having a "students of color" outreach program. By the end of the week, he's probably going to have the Supreme Court's backing on that one. [NY Post] * So many of the problems facing Ron DeSantis could be solved by taking 10 minutes to read the Constitution. [CBS News] * California's ban on using public funds to travel to states with pro-bigotry laws on the books has hurt Black academics who can't travel to conferences in those states. Which was the obvious outcome. Unless California plans to put resources behind bidding on and hosting all of these national conferences, the policy is always going to turn out this way. [Los Angeles Times] * The FTC plans to file a sweeping antitrust suit against Amazon in a few weeks. It took a lot longer to deliver than a Prime package, but it's worth the wait. [Bloomberg Law News] * UK law firms worried that ChatGPT might be writing job applications. Oh no! How will firms survive once AI learns to write "I think my greatest weakness is that I care too much about the work." [Law.com International] * "Privacy Suit Says AI Could 'Decide To Eliminate The Species.'" Or worse: cover letters. [Law360]