The morning read for Friday, April 12

At 10 a.m. EDT, the court expects to issue one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term. Join us for live coverage. 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:

• Leo rejects Senate subpoena from panel probing gifts to Supreme Court justices (Tobi Raji, The Washington Post)
• Senate Democrats subpoena Leonard Leo in Supreme Court ethics probe (John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN)
• Former cop urges Supreme Court to throw out Jan. 6 charge wielded against Donald Trump (Bart Jansen, USA Today)
• A U.S. Supreme Court case could affect homeless people in Chicago and Illinois (Esther Yoon-Ji Kang, The Chicago Sun-Times)
• George W. Bush Makes a Shocking Supreme Court Nomination (Ed Whelan, Confirmation Tales)