WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Thursday, May 16

This morning, at 10 a.m. EDT, the court expects to issue opinions in one or more cases from the current term. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

• Supreme Court clears way for Louisiana congressional map with 2 Black districts (Madison Fernandez, Politico)
• Supreme Court upholds Louisiana redistricting plan (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
• Ghostwriters Try Steering Supreme Court Justices Away from Cases (Lydia Wheeler, Bloomberg Law)
• Ketanji Brown Jackson Notes Key Question in Supreme Court Decision (Kaitlin Lewis, Newsweek)
• In a nod to history, Biden will meet with Brown v. Board of Education families (Francesca Chambers, USA Today)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Wednesday, May 15

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

• Pressure Builds for Supreme Court to Address Transgender Cases (Jan Wolfe & Laura Kusisto, The Wall Street Journal)
• Indigenous group to take fight against Arizona copper mine to Supreme Court (Clark Mindock, Reuters)
• 70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn’t (Annie Ma, The Associated Press)
• Chief Justice Talks Prairie Dogs as Colleagues Talk Substance (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson & Michael Shapiro, Bloomberg Law)
• The Dog That Didn’t Bark Is Rewriting the Second Amendment (Fredrick Vars, New York University Law Review)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 16, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Tuesday, May 14

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

• Supreme Court declines to hear two-step bankruptcy case that drew Senate attention (Dietrich Knauth, Reuters)
• Supreme Court denies California’s appeal for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin prison (Christopher Weber, The Associated Press)
• Justices Jackson, Sotomayor call out Supreme Court for rejecting due process appeal (Jordan Rubin, MSNBC)
• Supreme Court fires back: Justices speak out on security, free speech and ‘lies’ (Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
• In praise of robotic judging (Adam Unikowsky, Adam’s Legal Newsletter)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 16, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Monday, May 13

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:

• Louisiana urges Supreme Court to quickly resolve congressional map fight in emergency request (John Fritze, CNN)
• Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin (David G. Savage, The Los Angeles Times)
• His Dreadlocks Shaved by Prison Guards, Rastafarian Man Turns to Supreme Court (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• Justice Clarence Thomas calls criticism of him ‘nastiness’ and ‘lies’ (Justin Jouvenal, Tobi Raji, & Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
• The biggest flaw in Justice Clarence Thomas’ newest complaints (Steve Benen, MSNBC)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 16, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Friday, May 10

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

• Supreme Court Rules Against Women Whose Cars Were Seized by the Police (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• US Supreme Court rules against Warner Music in copyright damages case (Blake Brittain, Reuters)
• Sotomayor reflects on fairness, justice in virtual Albany talk (Patrick Tine, The Times Union)
• Solicitors general, past and present, reflect on ups and downs of job and arguing before SCOTUS (Mark Walsh, ABA Journal)
• Supreme Court says cops can keep your stuff pending forfeiture hearings (Jordan Rubin, MSNBC)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 16, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.