The morning read for Tuesday, May 9

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

• More say politics, not the law, drive Supreme Court decisions: Poll (Gary Langer, ABC News) 
• Naperville, state of Illinois urge U.S. Supreme Court not to block ban on assault-style weapons (Andy Grimm, Chicago Sun-Times)
• Senators asks billionaire for list of gifts to Supreme Court Justice Thomas (Reuters)
• How the Supreme Court could undermine the climate fight (Zoya Teirstein, Grist)
• Two Theories of Equal Protection (Steve Vladeck, One First)