The morning read for Wednesday, October 11

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

• Supreme Court weighs South Carolina racial gerrymandering dispute (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• US Supreme Court justices skeptical of high bar for whistleblower lawsuits (Daniel Wiessner, Reuters) 
• How new regulations impact abortion and birth control access in Texas (Mara Mndez, The Texas Tribune) 
• We Dont Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Rights Supreme Court Supermajority (Andy Kroll, Andrea Bernstein, & Ilya Marritz, ProPublica)
• Race and Redistricting at the Supreme Court (The Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal)