The morning read for Friday, December 29

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:

• US Supreme Court officially asked to take up Trump’s 14th Amendment issue (Zach Montellaro, Politico)
• She lost her gun rights for passing a bad check. Now she wants the Supreme Court to restore them. (Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
• Legal scholar: SCOTUS rejecting Jack Smith’s immunity request “might actually be bad news for Trump” (Tatyana Tandanpolie, Salon)
• After US Supreme Court win, company beats claim that suing union violated law (Daniel Wiessner, Reuters)
• Five Legal Issues to Watch in the Federal Appeals Courts in 2024 (Avalon Zoppo, The National Law Journal)