{"id":161916,"date":"2026-08-31T15:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/31\/samuel-alito-has-absolutely-no-direct-financial-interest-in-the-upcoming-global-warming-case-see-also\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:54:18","slug":"samuel-alito-has-absolutely-no-direct-financial-interest-in-the-upcoming-global-warming-case-see-also","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/31\/samuel-alito-has-absolutely-no-direct-financial-interest-in-the-upcoming-global-warming-case-see-also\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Alito Has Absolutely No (Direct) Financial Interest In The Upcoming Global Warming Case \u2014 See Also"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alito Is Still Loaded Up On Oil And Gas Stock Ahead Of The Big Climate Case:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/sam-alito-delayed-financials-reveal-still-betting-big-on-oil-companies-as-he-hears-climate-change-case\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">His long-withheld financials, posted this morning, confirm the holdings watchdogs say should have forced a recusal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jim Clyburn\u2019s Clarence Thomas Endorsement Has Not Aged Well, And He Knows It: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/jim-clyburn-vouched-for-clarence-thomas-in-1991-now-he-wants-to-add-four-justices-to-compensate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turns out \u2018personal and professional friend\u2019 isn\u2019t all it\u2019s cracked up to be. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biglaw Is Betting 12.2 Million Square Feet That You\u2019re Coming Back To The Office:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/biglaws-wfh-glory-days-arent-coming-back-reading-the-real-estate-deal-tea-leaves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal sector leasing is up 17% \u2014 which is what a four-day office policy looks like on the ground level. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bad News, Counselors \u2014 You\u2019re Not Even Special At Being Miserable: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/new-survey-says-lawyers-are-just-as-miserable-as-everyone-else\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A new admin misery survey finds lawyers are roughly as put-upon as every other professional drowning in paperwork.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You Can\u2019t Hide Behind A Disciplinary Process You Refuse To Run<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/circuit-revives-kentucky-law-professors-first-amendment-suit-over-israel-petition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sixth Circuit revives a professor\u2019s First Amendment suit after Kentucky barred him from teaching, advising, meetings, and the building for over a year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Trump Admin\u2019s Ballot Rule Is \u2018Routine Housekeeping,\u2019 Same As Any Cremated Pet<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/trump-admin-says-post-office-can-treat-ballots-like-cremated-pets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Somehow federalizing mail-in voting doesn\u2019t read as a modest clerical matter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Law School Grads Here Are Killing It In The Job Market:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/these-law-schools-are-crushing-it-when-it-comes-to-graduate-employment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A deep dive into the numbers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/samuel-alito-has-absolutely-no-direct-financial-interest-in-the-upcoming-global-warming-case-see-also\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Alito Has Absolutely No (Direct) Financial Interest In The Upcoming Global Warming Case \u2014 See Also<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alito Is Still Loaded Up On Oil And Gas Stock Ahead Of The Big Climate Case:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/sam-alito-delayed-financials-reveal-still-betting-big-on-oil-companies-as-he-hears-climate-change-case\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">His long-withheld financials, posted this morning, confirm the holdings watchdogs say should have forced a recusal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jim Clyburn\u2019s Clarence Thomas Endorsement Has Not Aged Well, And He Knows It: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/jim-clyburn-vouched-for-clarence-thomas-in-1991-now-he-wants-to-add-four-justices-to-compensate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turns out \u2018personal and professional friend\u2019 isn\u2019t all it\u2019s cracked up to be. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biglaw Is Betting 12.2 Million Square Feet That You\u2019re Coming Back To The Office:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/biglaws-wfh-glory-days-arent-coming-back-reading-the-real-estate-deal-tea-leaves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legal sector leasing is up 17% \u2014 which is what a four-day office policy looks like on the ground level. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bad News, Counselors \u2014 You\u2019re Not Even Special At Being Miserable: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/new-survey-says-lawyers-are-just-as-miserable-as-everyone-else\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A new admin misery survey finds lawyers are roughly as put-upon as every other professional drowning in paperwork.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You Can\u2019t Hide Behind A Disciplinary Process You Refuse To Run<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/circuit-revives-kentucky-law-professors-first-amendment-suit-over-israel-petition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sixth Circuit revives a professor\u2019s First Amendment suit after Kentucky barred him from teaching, advising, meetings, and the building for over a year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Trump Admin\u2019s Ballot Rule Is \u2018Routine Housekeeping,\u2019 Same As Any Cremated Pet<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/trump-admin-says-post-office-can-treat-ballots-like-cremated-pets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Somehow federalizing mail-in voting doesn\u2019t read as a modest clerical matter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Law School Grads Here Are Killing It In The Job Market:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/these-law-schools-are-crushing-it-when-it-comes-to-graduate-employment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A deep dive into the numbers.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s Clarence Thomas Endorsement Has Not Aged Well, And He Knows It: Turns out \u2018personal and professional friend\u2019 isn\u2019t all it\u2019s cracked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1134321153-09ruXZ.jpg?fit=594%2C396&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}