The morning read for Friday, Feb. 21

The court expects to issue one or more opinions this morning. Join us for live coverage at 9:45 a.m. EST.

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

• Kirkland Partner Tapped for Supreme Court Debut in Criminal Case (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law)
• Appeals court deals setback to Trump efforts to immediately end birthright citizenship (Kyle Cheney & Josh Gerstein, Politico)
• US Supreme Court tackles straight woman’s ‘reverse’ discrimination case (Andrew Chung, Reuters)
• FTC Chair praises Justice Thomas as ‘the most important judge of the last 100 years’ for Black History Month (Lauren Feiner, The Verge)
• Trump Should Win at Supreme Court — If His Provocations Haven’t Spooked the Justices (Andrew McCarthy, The National Review)