The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 19

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

• Trump’s lawyers ask Supreme Court to fast-track approval of agency officials’ firings (David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
• The Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. He’s using it as a blank check. (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• The Supreme Court has helped presidential power expand. Trump may test its limits. (Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor) 
• President Trump’s Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship is Unconstitutional (Steven Calabresi, The Volokh Conspiracy) 
• The Supreme Court can fix this mess of its own making (George F. Will, The Washington Post)

Coming up: On Friday, Feb. 21, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.

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