WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 19
on Feb 19, 2025 at 9:48 am
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:
- Trump’s lawyers ask Supreme Court to fast-track approval of agency officials’ firings (David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
- The Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. He’s using it as a blank check. (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
- The Supreme Court has helped presidential power expand. Trump may test its limits. (Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor)
- President Trump’s Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship is Unconstitutional (Steven Calabresi, The Volokh Conspiracy)
- The Supreme Court can fix this mess of its own making (George F. Will, The Washington Post)
Coming up: On Friday, Feb. 21, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.
