WHAT WE'RE READING
								The morning read for Thursday, August 21
 
						
						
							By							Zachary Shemtob
						
						
						
				on Aug 21, 2025
					 
													Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:
- Supreme Court could strike down several decades-old precedents in major disputes in upcoming term (Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
- Pirro to ease prosecutions for carrying registered rifles, shotguns — calls DC law ‘violation of the Supreme Court’s holdings (Victor Nava, The New York Post)
- Texas can’t require the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, judge says (Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press)
- Trump Admin Grapples With Supreme Court Dilemma on Birthright Citizenship (Robert Alexander, Newsweek)
- What Justice Scalia Taught Me (Danielle Sassoon, The Free Press)
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								Recommended Citation:
								Zachary Shemtob,
								The morning read for Thursday, August 21,
								SCOTUSblog (Aug. 21, 2025, 9:00 AM),
								https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/08/the-morning-read-for-thursday-august-21/