The morning read for Thursday, August 8

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

• US Chamber backs Supreme Court power plant rule freeze (Niina H. Farah, E&E News)
• Supreme Court wont block Texas execution for 1997 murder of jogger (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
• Dog, cat owners go on offense in US Supreme Court brief (Alison Frankel, Reuters) 
• Gorsuch defends having independent judiciary amid Bidens Supreme Court term limits proposal (Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner)
• Bidens proposed Supreme Court reforms are sorely needed (Editorial Board, The Seattle Times)