The morning read for Tuesday, October 3

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

• On First Day of New Term, Supreme Court Hears Debate Over First Step Act (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times) 
• Clarence Thomas recuses himself as Supreme Court rejects ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman’s appeal (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• Democrats tried to protect the CFPB from politics. The Supreme Court may blow up that plan. (Katy O’Donnell, Politico)
• The Supreme Court’s Oddest Pairing Comes out Swinging on Behalf of Criminal Defendants (Jay Willis, Slate)
• The Next Targets for the Group That Overturned Roe (David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker)