The morning read for Thursday, May 5

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:

• Behind the scenes at the secretive Supreme Court (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• Leak Heightens the Perception of a Politicized Supreme Court (Shawn Hubler & Michael Wines, The New York Times)
• ‘Nonscalable’ fence erected outside Supreme Court amid abortion-related protests (Rebecca Shabad & Fiona Glisson, NBC News)
• The Supreme Court flunks abortion history (Aaron Tang, Los Angeles Times)
• What Alito Got Right (David French, The Atlantic)