The morning read for Tuesday, May 28

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

• US Supreme Court rebuffs lawyer Michael Avenatti’s bid to overturn Nike-related convictions (John Kruzel, Reuters)
• ‘You have to shed the tears’: Justice shares that she cries after some Supreme Court cases (Marina Pitofsky, USA Today)
• Wife of Justice Alito called upside-down flag signal of distress (Justin Jouvenal & Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
• Key Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice Roberts over Supreme Courts ethics crisis (Alexandra Marquez, NBC News)
• The Supreme Court on Racial Gerrymandering (Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 30, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. Well be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.