The morning read for Thursday, Dec. 15

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].

Heres the Thursday morning read:

• Conservative Activist Poured Millions Into Groups Seeking to Influence Supreme Court on Elections and Discrimination (Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Andrew Perez & Aditi Ramaswami, The Lever)
• Leonard Leo has reshaped the Supreme Court. Is he reshaping Catholic University too? (John Gehring, National Catholic Reporter)
• They Want to Shut You (and 303 Creative) Up (Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal)
• U.S. Supreme Court makes jokes, ignores facts as LGBTQ rights hang in the balance (Hassan Kanu, Reuters)
• Congress approves removing statue of Supreme Court chief justice who wrote Dred Scott decision (Zo Richards, NBC News)