The morning read for Wednesday, October 18

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

• The Supreme Court’s very brief, very revealing new decision about guns, explained (Ian Millhiser, Vox)
• Amy Coney Barrett says she supports an ethics code for Supreme Court justices (Joe Hernandez, NPR)
• And We’re Off to the Races (Adam Feldman, Empirical SCOTUS)
• Is the Fifth Circuit Becoming the New Ninth? (Jonathan Adler, The Volokh Conspiracy)
• The Supreme Court blew a chance to fix its second-worst decision ever (George Will, The Washington Post)