The morning read for Wednesday, April 17

WHAT WE’RE READING

The courtroom expects to issue one or more opinions this morning in argued cases from the current term. Following the opinion bulletins, the courtroom will hear oral arguments in Thornell v. Jones. Every weekday, we choose a brief listing of stories articles, commentary, and different noteworthy hyperlinks associated to the Supreme Court docket. Right here’s the Wednesday morning learn:

• 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 Information)
• Supreme Court, in an emergency order, lets Idaho enforce ban on transgender care (Maureen Groppe, USA Right this moment)
• Supreme Court Poised to Cut Back Scope of Anti-Corruption Law (Adam Liptak, The New York Instances)