The morning read for Thursday, April 1

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at [email protected].

Here’s the Thursday morning read:

• Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Payments to Student-Athletes (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• Supreme Court Weighs Whether NCAA Is Illegally ‘Fixing’ Athlete Compensation (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
• Supreme Court Sympathetic to College Athletes’ Challenge to NCAA Rules on Education Aid (Mark Walsh, Education Week)
• Conservatives fret over Supreme Court’s delay in accepting Mississippi abortion case (David Savage, Los Angeles Times)
• It’s High Time We Had a Public Defender on the High Court (Charles Pierce, Esquire)