The morning read for Thursday, June 26

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

• State Department layoffs could land Friday (Shelby Talcott, Semafor)
• The Supreme Court blessed same-sex marriage 10 years ago. Is a backlash brewing? (Zachary B. Wolf, CNN)
• Once named opponents in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage, now they’re friends (Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos, Associated Press)
• Justice Amy Coney Barrett defies expectations as ‘center figure’ on Supreme Court (Devin Dwyer, ABC News)
• The Supreme Court Picks Trump Over the Rule of Law (Matt Ford, The New Republic)