The morning read for Thursday, June 19

Good morning. I hope you have a meaningful Juneteenth.

Yesterday, the court issued decisions in United States v. Skrmetti, NRC v. Texas, EPA v. Calumet, Oklahoma v. EPA, and Perttu v. Richards. 

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

• The Court Upheld a State Ban on Transgender Care for Minors. Here’s What We Know. (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times)
• The Supreme Court failed when it decided against gender-affirming care (Erwin Chemerinsky, The Los Angeles Times)
• Good Supreme Court Sense on Trans Hormones (The Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal
• A Supreme Court ruling on nuclear waste spotlights U.S. storage woes (Emily Conover, Science News)
• Speculation begins over possible Supreme Court retirements (Mark Walsh, ABA Journal)

Coming up: Tomorrow, June 20, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:30 a.m. EDT for the opinion(s).

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