The morning read for Friday, October 27

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Heres the Friday morning read:

• Clarence Thomas loan report spurs new ethics criticism of US Supreme Court (Andrew Chung & John Kruzel, Reuters)
• This conservative appeals courts rulings are testing the Supreme Court (Robert Barnes & Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)
• On the heels of another mass shooting, the Supreme Court prepares to hear a gun rights case from Texas (Joshua Zinn, Houston Public Media)
• In Texas, Local Laws to Prevent Travel for Abortions Gain Momentum (J. David Goodman, The New York Times)
• A 1989 statute prevents Supreme Court justices from accepting honoraria. Justice Thomas found a workaround (Nancy Gertner, WBUR)