I try to keep it light and frothy during the heat of the summer. So here's my selection of news and gossip that you shouldn't miss:

Jones Day Wants to Make America Great Again and Again.

Donald Trump is only halfway through his first year as president, but Jones Day is wasting no time to ensure that we'll have him for the full eight years. Already, it's working on Trump's re-election and getting paid handsomely for it.

The New York Times reports that the campaign "spent nearly $700,000 on legal fees between the beginning of April and the end of June." And that the lion's share $545,000 went to Jones Day. (The work includes advising on election, lawsuits and matters related to the Russia investigations.)

Now, I know $545,000 sounds like a lot of moolah. But let's keep this all in perspective. For Jones Day, which prides itself as a magnet for U.S. Supreme Court clerks (it hired 10 of them in 2015), that amount is small change, barely enough to cover the starting compensation for one high court clerk (at least $300,000 in bonus plus the going-rate salary).

I don't know if the campaign's legal bills will cover all those expensive clerks, but I think Trump and company will keep Jones Day busy. Besides, if the firm's bills become too astronomical, the administration can just hire directly from the firm. Already, it's practically a revolving door between Jones Day and the Trump team. Not only is ex-partner Don McGahn the White House counsel (he also served as the campaign's lawyer) but about a dozen Jones Day lawyers work in top positions for the administration.

May we suggest a Jones Day branch office in the White House?

Asian-American Law Student Gets Dinged by Airbnb Host.

It's hard to believe that this could happen in California, of all places, but it did. Here's the skinny, according to the ABA blog: Tami Barker, an Airbnb host, canceled a reservation by Dyne Suh, a student at the UCLA School of Law, citing Suh's race as a factor.

Barker texted Suh just as the law student and her friends were approaching the mountain rental during a snowstorm: "I wouldn't rent to u if you were the last person on earth. One word says it all. Asian." (Can we at least give Barker credit for using "Asian" instead of "Oriental"?)

And when Suh responded that she would file a complaint with Airbnb, Barker replied: "It's why we have trump And I will not allow this country to be told what to do by foreigners."

(In case you're wondering, Suh is an American citizen who's been in this country since she was 3 years old. But that's beside the point.)