<img src="https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-loaded/v1/JRGcjwPpJAjJmf0NHsrmc3n9ye8UNv30" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="The morning read for Thursday, April 3" title="The morning read for Thursday, April 3"> <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 Thursday, April 3" title="The morning read for Thursday, April 3" 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-thursday-april-3%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Thursday%2C%20April%203" 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-thursday-april-3%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Thursday%2C%20April%203" 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-thursday-april-3%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Thursday%2C%20April%203" 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-thursday-april-3%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Thursday%2C%20April%203" 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-thursday-april-3%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Thursday%2C%20April%203" 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-thursday-april-3%2F&title=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Thursday%2C%20April%203" data-a2a-url="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/the-morning-read-for-thursday-april-3/" data-a2a-title="The morning read for Thursday, April 3">Share</a></p><p>Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:</p>
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<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/planned-parenthood-supreme-court-medicaid-south-carolina-d1c2b4d954ac2764d407dcdff76267ff">Supreme Court appears divided over whether states can cut off Planned Parenthood funding</a> (Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5349352/supreme-court-medicaid-planned-parenthood">Supreme Court hears case that could see more Planned Parenthood clinics closed</a> (Nina Totenberg, NPR)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/02/planned-parenthood-south-carolina-supreme-court-abortion-funding/">Supreme Court seems to back Planned Parenthood in patient rights case</a> (Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)</li>
<li><a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/supreme-court-laments-mini-epidemic-of-shifting-arguments">Supreme Court Laments ‘Mini Epidemic’ of Shifting Arguments</a> (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/man-plead-guilty-attempted-assassination-us-supreme-court-justice-kavanaugh-2025-04-02/">Man to plead guilty to attempted assassination of US Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh</a> (Andrew Goudsward, Reuters) </li>
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