The morning read for Wednesday, April 17

WHAT WE’RE READING

The court expects to issue one or more opinions this morning in argued cases from the current term. Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear oral arguments in Thornell v. Jones. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

• Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
• Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s arguments over obstruction charge used against January 6 rioters (John Fritze, Marshall Cohen, Tierney Sneed, & Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN)
• Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
• Supreme Court, in an emergency order, lets Idaho enforce ban on transgender care (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
• Supreme Court Poised to Cut Back Scope of Anti-Corruption Law (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)