WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, October 17
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on Oct 17, 2023 at 10:22 am
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:
- Justice Barrett Calls for Supreme Court to Adopt an Ethics Code (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times)
- Supreme Court tells Fifth Circuit to stop its defiance in ghost gun case (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
- PETA victory over NC: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear “ag gag” law case (Bradley George, PRE News)
- Supreme Court justices interrupt female attorneys more often than men (Kavya Beheraj & Will Chase, Axios)
- The Supreme Court needs to go fast and far in two major areas (Hugh Hewitt, The Washington Post)