The morning read for Monday, May 15

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

• Memos show how Supreme Court justices scramble at the end of the session (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• Supreme Court to ponder Democratic lawmakers’ lawsuit over Trump hotel documents (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• 16 Crucial Words That Went Missing From a Landmark Civil Rights Law (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• The Supreme Court outlawed split juries, but hundreds remain in prison anyway (Jason Breslow, NPR)
• US supreme court pursuing rightwing agenda via shadow docket, book says (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian)