<img src="https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-loaded/v1/BEWwsDLun34Xhl0JAcuYP3n9ye8UNv30" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="The morning read for Friday, April 4" title="The morning read for Friday, April 4"> <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 Friday, April 4" title="The morning read for Friday, April 4" 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-friday-april-4%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Friday%2C%20April%204" 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-friday-april-4%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Friday%2C%20April%204" 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-friday-april-4%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Friday%2C%20April%204" 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-friday-april-4%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Friday%2C%20April%204" 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-friday-april-4%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Friday%2C%20April%204" 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-friday-april-4%2F&title=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Friday%2C%20April%204" data-a2a-url="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/the-morning-read-for-friday-april-4/" data-a2a-title="The morning read for Friday, April 4">Share</a></p><p>Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/02/supreme-court-case-truck-driver-cbd-fired/76430089007/">Supreme Court sides with truck driver who said CBD got him fired</a> (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)</li>
<li><a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-lawyer-john-sauer-confirmed-as-us-solicitor-general">Trump Lawyer Dean John Sauer Confirmed as Solicitor General</a> (John Crawley, Bloomberg Law)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/john-sauer-solicitor-general-abortion.html">Trump’s Pick to Argue at Supreme Court Made His Career in Culture Wars</a> (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/karen-reads-lawyers-ask-supreme-court-to-step-in-her-case/64382032">Karen Read’s lawyers ask US Supreme Court to step in her case, arguing ‘double jeopardy’</a> (Alex Svenson & Emily Maher, WCVB5)</li>
<li><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/supreme-court-precedent-free-mahmoud-khalil.html?pay=1743775262482&support_journalism=please">The Supreme Court Precedent That Should Free Mahmoud Khalil</a> (Brad Snyder, Slate)</li>
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