The morning read for Friday, August 22

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

• How Paying Athletes Is Changing College Sports (Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review)
• Would This Supreme Court Ever Overturn Gay Marriage? (Elie Honig, New York Magazine)
• Justice Sotomayor vs. the Court Packers (The Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal)
• The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian)
• Florida Tried to Ban Literary Classics as “Pornography.” What Does the Supreme Court Think? (Austin Sarat, Slate)