The morning read for Thursday, June 22

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

• Justice Alito Defends Private Jet Travel to Luxury Fishing Trip (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• What Justice John Paul Stevenss Papers Reveal About Affirmative Action (Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker) 
• America is purple. Our Supreme Court is red. Here’s how to fix it (Kent Greenfield, WBUR)
• What happened to the 6-3 Supreme Court? The next 2 weeks will tell us. (James Romoser, Politico)
• Alitos wrongdoing makes a supreme court ethics overhaul an imperative (Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian)