The morning read for Thursday, Feb. 8

Join us for our live coverage of today’s opinion announcement starting at 9:45 a.m. EST. The justices will then hear oral argument in Trump v. Anderson.

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

• What SCOTUS Has to Decide About Trump and Disqualification (Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker)
• Meet the lawyers arguing the Trump ballot case at the Supreme Court (Erica Orden, Politico)
• Trump plans to stay away from Supreme Court arguments after turning past court appearances into campaign stops (Paula Reid, Kristen Holmes, & Katelyn Polantz, CNN)
• Trump Backers Dodge Jan. 6 in Supreme Court Ballot Case (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law)
• Biden administration asks US Supreme Court to hear ‘ghost gun’ appeal (Nate Raymond, Reuters)