The morning read for Thursday, March 30

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:

• Supreme Court Considers a Mercenarys Confession and the Confrontation Clause (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• A secret deal between Justices John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy on gay rights and what it means today (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• Munsingwear Vacaturs (Steve Vladeck, One First)
• Will the Supreme Court Make a Break With the First Amendment? (Matt Ford, The New Republic)
• Supreme Court Zeros In on Plain Language of Tax Code in IRS Case (Daniel Rosen & Eric Aberg, Bloomberg Tax)