The morning read for Monday, May 13

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

• Louisiana urges Supreme Court to quickly resolve congressional map fight in emergency request (John Fritze, CNN)
• Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin (David G. Savage, The Los Angeles Times)
• His Dreadlocks Shaved by Prison Guards, Rastafarian Man Turns to Supreme Court (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• Justice Clarence Thomas calls criticism of him ‘nastiness’ and ‘lies’ (Justin Jouvenal, Tobi Raji, & Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
• The biggest flaw in Justice Clarence Thomas’ newest complaints (Steve Benen, MSNBC)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 16, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.