The morning read for Friday, July 4

Happy 4th of July! I hope you have a wonderful Independence Day.

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

• Judges are finding workarounds to Trump’s big Supreme Court win (Kyle Cheney and Hassan Ali Kanu, Politico)
• Supreme Court rejects Montana’s bid to revive parental consent law for minors’ abortions (Lindsay Whitehurst, AP)
• Federal prison guards allegedly beat an inmate to a pulp. The Supreme Court says he can’t sue. (Billy Binion, Reason)
• Ghost guns may make a comeback, despite a Supreme Court ruling (Martin Kaste, NPR)
• Is the Supreme Court the Best Way to Get Justice? (Alexis Coe, The New York Times)