The morning read for Thursday, Jan. 23

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

• Supreme Court leans toward reviving excessive claim against cop who killed a Black man in a traffic stop (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• Supreme Court Seems Ready to Reject Limit on Excessive-Force Suits (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• Crisis pregnancy centers ask Supreme Court to revive suit against New Jersey (Brendan Pierson, Reuters)
• How the modern Supreme Court might view the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• Trump’s Death Penalty Order Is a Message to the Supreme Court (Barbara L McQuade, Bloomberg)