The morning read for Friday, July 5

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:

• Supreme Court declines to hear a series of challenges to laws barring felons and drug users from having guns (Devan Cole & John Fritze, CNN)
• In a Volatile Term, a Fractured Supreme Court Remade America (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Takes Back Control (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal) 
• Liberal justices raise alarm about Supreme Court’s weakening of federal agency power (Lawrence Hurley & Gary Grumbach, NBC News)
• House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Courts immunity decision (Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press)