The morning read for Friday, May 9

<img src="https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-loaded/v1/vVuChLKSq9nkbqqwyMbQQXn9ye8UNv30" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="The morning read for Friday, May 9" title="The morning read for Friday, May 9"> The court announced this morning that Retired Associate Justice David Souter died yesterday at his home in New Hampshire. He was 85 years old. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/supreme-court-david-souter-dies.html">Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85</a> (Dan Mangan, CNBC)</li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/david-souter-dead.html">David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, Dies at 85</a> (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)</li> <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/08/transgender-troops-hegseth-trump-supreme-court/">Hegseth initiates ban on transgender troops after Supreme Court ruling</a> (Alex Horton & Casey Parks, The Washington Post)</li> <li><a href="https://www.vox.com/scotus/412035/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-nationwide-injunctions-trump-casa">The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship case isn’t really about birthright citizenship</a> (Ian Millhiser, Vox)</li> <li><a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/a-way-out-of-scotus-charter-school-ruling-mess-focus-on-mission-not-religion/">A Way Out of SCOTUS Charter School Ruling Mess: Focus on Mission, Not Religion</a> (Richard D. Kahlenberg, The 74)</li> </ul> The post <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/05/the-morning-read-for-friday-may-2-2-2-2-2-2/">The morning read for Friday, May 9</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com">SCOTUSblog</a>.