The morning read for Thursday, January 11

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

• Supreme Court Tax Case Reveals Two Issues in Estate Protection (Michelle Porter and Emily Berlin, Bloomberg Law News)
• Man pleads guilty to arson after pouring gasoline on Supreme Court vehicles (Tara Suter, The Hill)
• Supreme Court rejects appeal by ex-officer Tou Thao, who held back crowd as George Floyd lay dying (Associated Press)
• There Is Nothing Anti-Democratic About Removing Trump From the Ballot (Norman Eisen, Joshua Kolb, and Andrew Warren, Slate)
• Justices Seem Skeptical of Substitute Expert Used in Arizona Criminal Trial (Jimmy Hoover, National Law Journal)