The morning read for Tuesday, October 31

The justices will hear oral argument this morning in O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed. 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:

• Cars Seized by Police Get Supreme Court Scrutiny in Civil Forfeiture Case (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• The Supreme Court takes up social media cases similar to one about Donald Trump’s Twitter feed (Mark Sherman, The Associated Press)
• Democrats plan to subpoena wealthy benefactors of Supreme Court justices (Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
• SCOTUS Considers How Easy It Should Be for Police to Steal People’s Property (Jay Willis, Slate)
• US Supreme Court won’t wade into Chicago parking meter fight (Mike Scarcella, Reuters)