The morning read for Wednesday, Oct. 16

The court will hear oral arguments in Bufkin v. McDonough and San Francisco v. EPA today. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

• Supreme Court Leans Toward Truck Driver Fired Over Drug Test (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• San Francisco is battling with itself over a Supreme Court appeal it will likely win (John Fritze, CNN)
• Supreme Court to weigh veterans’ disability denials, affecting ‘untold numbers’ of vets (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
• US Supreme Court gives Texas citizen journalist new shot to sue over arrest (Nate Raymond, Reuters)
• The Supreme Court just signaled how next president could impact abortion access — no legislation needed (Amanda Becker, The 19th)