<img src="https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-loaded/v1/UFyT_DgSkZ4ga3yriwnKmHn9ye8UNv30" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="The morning read for Thursday, May 8" title="The morning read for Thursday, May 8"> <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> <ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/07/supreme-court-chief-justice-john-roberts-trump/83494003007/">Called out by Trump for how he leads the Supreme Court, John Roberts is fine keeping a low profile</a> (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)</li> <li><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-chief-justice-roberts-sends-new-message-trump-2069405">Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Sends New Message to Trump</a> (Anna Commander, Newsweek)</li> <li><a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/05/08/one-of-the-most-controversial-executive-orders-will-shortly-land-at-scotus">One of the most controversial executive orders will shortly land at SCOTUS</a> (The Economist) </li> <li><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/07/supreme-court-cameras-cspan-00333293">C-SPAN asks the Supreme Court to televise arguments for Trump’s birthright citizenship case</a> (Amanda Friedman, Politico) </li> <li><a href="https://blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-universal-injunction-cases-part">The Universal Injunction Cases, Part 1: The Origins Debate</a> (Samuel Bray, Divided Argument) </li>
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PARIS — French Prime Minister François Bayrou survived a no-confidence vote Tuesday after lawmakers from the far-right National Rally declined to join an effort to…
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<h2>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has faced backlash from former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Uche Secondus for branding him and ex-Transportation Minister, Abiye Sekibo as "expired politicians" for supporting Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara.</h2>
<p>Recall that some Rivers PDP leaders such as the former PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus; former Minister of Transportation, Abiye Sekibo, a former Rivers Senator, Lee Mbae, Celestine Omehia; and former federal lawmaker, Austin Opara had last week declared support for Fubara and President Bola Tinubu.</p>
<p>Wike, in a media interaction with handpicked journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/04/02/political-vampires-wike-fires-secondus-omehia-others-over-support-for-fubara/">denounced the PDP leaders</a> as political vampires and expired politicians, questioning their eligibility to be regarded as elder statesmen.</p>
<p>Wike said it was ironic that the same politicians who had refused to support Fubara before the 2023 polls now declared support for him after the poll.</p>
<p>However, Secondus, in a statement released by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, labelled Wike as a "showman" known for his duplicity, manipulation of facts for political gain, and propensity to distort the truth.</p>
<p>He further criticized the FCT Minister's remarks in a media chat as "appalling and unfortunate," particularly condemning his characterization of Rivers State's esteemed political figures as "transitional politicians, political vampires, and political buccaneers."</p>
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