The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 14

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:

• Chief justice gives Jack Smith one week to respond to Trump’s bid to stave off trial (Josh Gerstein & Kyle Cheney, Politico)
• ‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder is hoping a Supreme Court ruling on ballot eligibility could help him, too (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• Environmentalists Warn of Harm to Waterways Pending Supreme Court Decision (Meghan Muldoon, CT Examiner)
• Liberals Still Have a Chance to Save the Administrative State (Simon Lazarus, The New Republic)
• Struck from a jury for being Black? It still happens all too often. (Stephen Bright, The Washington Post)