WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Wednesday, July 16

By Zachary Shemtob
on Jul 16, 2025

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:
- Federal health agency finalizes mass layoffs after Supreme Court lifts pause (Zac Anderson, USA Today)
- Trump Admin. Starts Moving CTE to Labor Dept. After Supreme Court Order (Brooke Schultz, Education Week)
- Where’s the U.S. border? Trump asks Supreme Court to decide (Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times)
- The Supreme Court’s Most Worrisome Non-Decision (Matt Ford, The New Republic)
- Democrats have a decision to make about the Supreme Court (Ramesh Ponnuru, The Washington Post)
Also, for those of you in the market for Supreme Court justice bobblehead dolls, be sure to check these out on eBay:
- Chief Justice Rehnquist: https://www.ebay.com/itm/286706731000
- Justice Ginsburg: https://www.ebay.com/itm/286706757126
- Justice Kennedy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/286706769600
- Justice O’Connor: https://www.ebay.com/itm/286706741716
- Justice Scalia: https://www.ebay.com/itm/286706762798
- Justice Souter: https://www.ebay.com/itm/286706751317
- Justice Thomas: https://www.ebay.com/itm/286706773446
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