Topic summary
95%129 analyzed articles/videos106,253 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Supreme Court results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 67,662 hits. Analysis detected 520,708 faulty-reasoning hits from 469,865 analyzed words across 129 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 39% (14,234 of 23,343 topics). This Supreme Court is better (less manipulative) than 61.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

39% percentile
025507510039.0% percentile
2.1% BS Score129 analyzed articles469.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 8.9%8.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.4%14.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.1%7.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.2%11.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Availab…6%Framing…8%Appeal …6%
Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship, weeks after SCOTUS ruling3%
Ideastream Public Media22%By Juliana Kim95%8/6/2026, 3:06:35 PM
Elena Kagan's Warning to Progressives54%
Reason.com60%By Damon Root70%8/4/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Oregon asks US Supreme Court to keep block on Trump elections order16%
Statesman Journal8%By Anastasia Mason16%8/3/2026, 5:42:48 PM
The biggest voting stories in 2025 could shape important aspects of the midterm elections39%
Votebeat32%8/3/2026, 12:54:14 PM
Trump’s Mail Voting Appeal Tests Supreme Court’s Anti-Chaos Election Rule11%
CNN41%By John Fritze8%8/3/2026, 8:40:00 AM
Crumpled American flags found in AOC's trash can, Democrat operative recounts45%
American Thinker96%By Monica Showalter98%8/2/2026, 9:00:00 PM
David Cole's Qualified Defense of the Supreme Court18%
Reason.com60%By Ilya Somin59%8/1/2026, 2:45:32 PM
Trump and Kash can’t stop running to court62%
Daily Kos87%By Lisa Needham99%8/1/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Fifth Circuit Judges' Cert. Petition in Deray Mckesson Black Lives Matter Protest Liability Case19%
Reason.com60%By Eugene Volokh18%8/1/2026, 5:01:27 AM
Trump and DOJ ask Supreme Court to toss $83 million defamation verdict in E. Jean Carroll case4%
AP News72%By LINDSAY WHITEHURST4% LARRY NEUMEISTER34%7/29/2026, 7:49:04 AM