The morning read for Monday, May 20

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Heres the Monday morning read:

• Must parents be told of child’s gender transition? Supreme Court rejects case (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
• Supreme Court rejects challenge to Maryland ‘assault weapon’ ban (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• Supreme Court Turns Down Union Spat Involving SEIU Trusteeship (Robert Iafolla, Bloomberg Law)
• Upside-down flag at Justice Alitos home another blow for Supreme Court under fire (Lindsay Whitehurst And Gary Fields, The Associated Press)
• US Supreme Court spurns former Guantanamo Bay detainee’s appeal (John Kruzel, Reuters)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 23, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. Well be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.