The morning read for Thursday, June 20

We expect one or more opinions from the court this morning. Join us for live coverage at 9:45 a.m. EDT. 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:

• The Gun Lobby’s Hidden Hand in the 2nd Amendment Battle (Mike McIntire & Jodi Kantor, The New York Times)
• Companies Are Watering Down Their Diversity Recruiting Programs (Kailyn Rhone, The Wall Street Journal)
• Amy Coney Barrett may be poised to split conservatives on the Supreme Court (Josh Gerstein, Politico
• Case testing the constitutionality of Colorado’s anti-discrimination law goes to state supreme court (Megan Verlee, Colorado Public Radio)
• One Thing the Failed Attempt to Ban the Abortion Pill Did (Carrie Baker, Slate)

Coming up: On Friday, June 21, the court again expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.