The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 19

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

• U.S. Supreme Court will not review St. Clair capital murder case (Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector)
• US Supreme Court rejects appeal over patent validity in Postal Service case (Blake Brittain, Reuters)
• Would Trumps Justices Approve His Recess Appointments? (Jed Rubenfeld, The Wall Street Journal)
• FDRs Compliant Justices (Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books)
• This is not his first rodeo: will federal courts be able to rein in Trump? (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian)

Coming up: On Friday, Nov. 22, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term.