The morning read for Monday, April 21

The Supreme Court kicks off the final argument of the 2024-25 term today with arguments in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management and Parrish v. U.S. Read Amy Howe on Braidwood, a dispute over a group’s objection to the HHS task force that determines which preventive services, such as the HIV prevention drugs known as PrEP, must be covered by the Affordable Care Act.

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

• Supreme Court rejects Minnesota effort to revive ban on young adults from carrying guns (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• Trump is defending Obamacare at the Supreme Court. A win could boost RFK Jr.’s influence (Tierney Sneed, Tami Luhby, & Sarah Owermohle, CNN)
• Supreme Court Story Time: Justices Consider Children’s Books With L.G.B.T.Q. Themes (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• The Supreme Court could deliver a serious blow to Trump’s court challengers (Hassan Ali Kanu & Erica Orden, Politico) 
• Justice Alito’s Misbegotten Dissent in A.A.R.P. (Steve Vladeck, One First)