WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, August 26

By Zachary Shemtob
on Aug 26, 2025

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:
- Trump flag burning executive order could flip First Amendment on its head with new court (Emma Colton, Fox News)
- Gorsuch and Kavanaugh warn lower court judges in Trump cases (John Fritze, CNN)
- Of Course the Voting Rights Act Would Die at This Moment (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
- Prosecutions Under New “Prosecuting Burning of the American Flag” Executive Order Would Violate First Amendment (Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy, Reason)
- Amy Coney Barrett Is a Maddening Voice on Grant Cases (Noah Feldman, Bloomberg)
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Zachary Shemtob,
The morning read for Tuesday, August 26,
SCOTUSblog (Aug. 26, 2025, 9:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/08/the-morning-read-for-tuesday-august-26/