The morning read for Friday, November 3

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:

• The Supreme Court seems likely to rule against a trademark in the Trump too small case (Mark Sherman, The Associated Press)
• US Supreme Court leans toward Alabama in dispute over vehicles seized by police (John Kruzel, Reuters) 
• The Justices Are Bad Gun Historians (Jack Rakove, The Wall Street Journal)
• Why the Supreme Courts wasted time on ethics may cost it (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• Supreme Court justices heard a case about Trump (sort of) (Jordan Rubin, MSNBC)