WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Friday, August 4

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

• Kagan enters fray over Congress’ power to police Supreme Court (Josh Gerstein, Politico) 
• Trump calls for Supreme Court to ‘intercede’ against Biden after third indictment (Kevin Breuninger, CNBC)
• Senate Democrats ask for Alito to be recused from Supreme Court ethics and tax cases (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
• After Supreme Court victory, anti-affirmative action group turns to military academy exemption (Rachel Nostrant, Reuters) 
• Man Behind U.S. Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Sues VC Fund Supporting Black-Women-Owned Businesses (Shanique Yates, Yahoo Finance)