The morning read for Thursday, October 12

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 seems skeptical of finding that South Carolina congressional district was racial gerrymander (Melissa Quinn, CBS News)
• Cities are asking the Supreme Court for more power to clear homeless encampments (Rachel Cohen, Vox)
• Trumps claim that he cant be prosecuted collides with precedents (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• Supreme Court petitioned to stop Florida sports betting (Zak Thomas-Akoo, iGaming Business)
• Texas executes man who questioned evidence presented at trial in deadly carjacking of elderly woman (Juan Lozano & Michael Graczyk, Associated Press)