<img src="https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-loaded/v1/TC-nHRxgAhDDD4jzaWTdGXn9ye8UNv30" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="The morning read for Wednesday, April 2" title="The morning read for Wednesday, April 2"> <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 2" title="The morning read for Wednesday, April 2" 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-2%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%202" 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-2%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%202" 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-2%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%202" 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-2%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%202" 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-2%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%202" 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-2%2F&title=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Wednesday%2C%20April%202" data-a2a-url="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/the-morning-read-for-wednesday-april-2/" data-a2a-title="The morning read for Wednesday, April 2">Share</a></p><p>We are expecting one or more opinions from the court this morning. Join us for <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/announcement-of-opinions-for-wednesday-april-2/">the live blog starting at 9:45 a.m. EDT</a>. Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear oral arguments in <em><a class="case-title" href="https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/medina-v-planned-parenthood-south-atlantic-2/">Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic</a>. </em>The case is a dispute over South Carolina’s attempt to exclude all Planned Parenthood services from the state’s Medicaid program because it provides abortions — specifically, whether Planned Parenthood and one of its clients even have a legal right to sue to enforce the Medicaid Act.</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://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-hears-south-carolina-dispute-attempt-defund-planned-pare-rcna199106">Supreme Court hears South Carolina dispute over attempt to defund Planned Parenthood</a> (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/supreme-court-venezuelan-deportations.html">Venezuelan Migrants Ask Supreme Court to Block Deportations</a> (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5335626/supreme-court-south-carolina-medicaid-planned-parenthood">Supreme Court to decide if states can strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds</a> (Nina Totenberg, NPR)</li>
<li><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-administration-cecot-black-site-el-salvador.html">Trump Is Asking the Supreme Court To Let Him Have Black Sites</a> (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/politics/only-this-court-trump-supreme-court-agenda/index.html">‘Only this Court’: How Trump is begging the Supreme Court to approve his agenda</a> (Joan Biskupic, CNN)</li>
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We are expecting one or more opinions from the court this morning. Join us for the live blog starting at 9:45 a.m. EDT. Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear oral arguments in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. The case is a dispute over South Carolina’s attempt to exclude all Planned Parenthood services from the state’s Medicaid program because it provides abortions — specifically, whether Planned Parenthood and one of its clients even have a legal right to sue to enforce the Medicaid Act.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:
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