The morning read for Monday, June 24

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

• Supreme Court to weigh state restrictions on gender-affirming care for youths (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• U.S. Supreme Court blocks the states Rio Grande water deal with New Mexico (Alejandra Martinez & Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune)
• Is Trump shielded from criminal charges as an ex-president? A nation awaits word from Supreme Court (Mark Sherman, The Associated Press)
• In Abortion Cases, Legions of Friends Seek to Persuade Supreme Court (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• Sonia Sotomayor knocks Supreme Court immigration decision, says it could ‘burden’ same-sex couples (Maureen Groppe & Marina Pitofsky, USA Today)

Coming up: On Wednesday, June 26, the court again expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term.