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<img src="https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-loaded/v1/9JWrh6jocW0MCUlP9Uo27Xn9ye8UNv30" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="The morning read for Wednesday, April 9" title="The morning read for Wednesday, April 9"> <img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Banner200115r-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The morning read for Wednesday, April 9" title="The morning read for Wednesday, April 9" style="float:right;" decoding="async" /><p><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fthe-morning-read-for-wednesday-april-9%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%209" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fthe-morning-read-for-wednesday-april-9%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%209" title="LinkedIn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fthe-morning-read-for-wednesday-april-9%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%209" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_email" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fthe-morning-read-for-wednesday-april-9%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%209" title="Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_printfriendly" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/printfriendly?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fthe-morning-read-for-wednesday-april-9%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%209" title="PrintFriendly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_no_icon addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F04%2Fthe-morning-read-for-wednesday-april-9%2F&title=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%209" data-a2a-url="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/the-morning-read-for-wednesday-april-9/" data-a2a-title="The morning read for Wednesday, April 9">Share</a></p><p>Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:</p>
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<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-mass-firings-02e218d2b7ee59925ddcb597b6b0a4fe">Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers</a> (Mark Sherman, The Associated Press)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/supreme-court-trump-deportations">Was the supreme court’s deportation ruling a win for Trump or immigrants?</a> (Alice Speri, The Guardian) </li>
<li><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/supreme-court-ruling-judge-boasberg-cancels-hearing-alien/story?id=120574536">Judge Boasberg cancels hearing on Trump deportations after Supreme Court ruling</a> (Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin, & Peter Charalambous, ABC News)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/supreme-court-trump-confrontation.html">In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Retreats From Confrontation</a> (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-district-judges-trump-administration-john-roberts-amy-coney-barrett-brett-kavanaugh-f22a6ff0">Trump’s Triple Win at the Supreme Court</a> (Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal)</li>
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Andreas Umland is an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. Today, when it comes to…
