The morning read for Friday, June 27

Today is the court’s final day of issuing opinions on the merits docket for the 2024-25 term. We’re expecting opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. The following cases have yet to be decided: Trump v. CASA, Mahmoud v. Taylor, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Louisiana v. Callais, and Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research. Join us for the live blog, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

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

• Supreme Court is dropping the rest of its decisions in one final swoop (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
• Former Supreme Court Justice Kennedy says ‘democracy is at risk’ (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
• How far does religious freedom go in prison? The Supreme Court will decide. (Justin Klawans, The Week)
• The Supreme Court Has Dealt Another Devastating Blow to Women (Elie Mystal, The Nation)
• Supreme Court Upholds South Carolina’s Right to Defund Planned Parenthood (Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)