The morning read for Friday, October 6

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

• Racial gerrymandering returns to U.S. Supreme Court. This time its South Carolinas fight. (Clayton Henkel, NC Newsline)
• US government agrees to help restore sacred Native American site destroyed for Oregon road project (Claire Rush, The Associated Press)
• Its Not Personal: Why Clarence Thomas Trip to the Koch Summit Undermines His Ethics Defense (Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, & Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica)
• Son of Justice Antonin Scalia to Argue in Supreme Court Debut (Lydia Wheeler, Bloomberg Law)
• The Supreme Court Could Eviscerate Rent Control (Matt Ford, The New Republic)