The morning read for Monday, Feb. 24

The justices will begin the February session today with oral arguments in Gutierrez v. Saenz. Listen to oral arguments live at 10 a.m. EST.

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

• Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in Alabama (Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press)
• Supreme Court delays Trumps effort to fire federal ethics watchdog (Josh Gerstein & Kyle Cheney, Politico)
• Straight woman lost two jobs to gay colleagues. Supreme Court will decide if she can sue. (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
• Kagan Defends Public’s Right to Criticize US Supreme Court (Tiana Headley, Bloomberg Law)
• John Roberts Is on a Collision Course With Trump (Jeff Shesol, The New York Times)