The morning read for Friday, July 21

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

• Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order (Jane C. Timm, NBC News)
• Favorable views of Supreme Court fall to historic low (Katy Lin & Carroll Doherty, Pew Research Center)
• Senate Judiciary moves SCOTUS ethics bill forward toward a dim future (Katherine Tully-McManus & Josh Gerstein, Politico)
• Alabama death row inmate James Barber is executed following scrutiny over states lethal injection process (Dakin Andone, Rebekah Riess, & Melissa Alonso, CNN)
• The Supreme Court Struck Down Sodomy Laws 20 Years Ago. Some Still Remain. (Amanda Holpuch, The New York Times)