The morning read for Thursday, Oct. 3

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

• Supreme Court will tackle transgender rights, ghost guns in term beginning Monday (David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
• Utah hoping Supreme Court will break precedent and transfer vast tracts of federal land to states (Kirk Siegler, NPR)
• Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case and accuse him of having resorted to crimes (Eric Tucker & Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press)
• Grieving Bronx mother urges US Supreme Court to uphold ‘ghost gun’ curbs (Andrew Chung, Reuters)
• Party Divisions in Views of Supreme Court Keep Ratings Low (Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup)