Alaska v. a Charter Plane and a Six-Pack of Beer ⁠3%

By Sarah Isgur⁠0% David French⁠5%

7/23/2026, 7:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias and Availability Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.2% saturation with 30 hits. Analysis detected 53 faulty-reasoning hits from 135 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 13.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (21,424 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 97.90% of the article peer group.

Sarah Isgur and David French explain a case in which an Alaskan charter plane was seized over a six-pack of beer and discuss Title IX due-process rights on college campuses. 
Sarah and David are then joined by Harvard Law professor Richard Re to break down his column arguing that Chief Justice John Roberts is moderating from the front. 
<strong>The Agenda:</strong> 
—<a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-on-whether-airplane-was-improperly-seized-s/">Alaskan charter plane seized over a six-pack</a> 
—<a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/OpinionsWeb/processWebInputExternal.pl? 
Submit=Display&amp;Path=Y2026/D07-20/C:22-2454:J:Kirsch:aut:T:fnOp:N:3576025:S:0">Title IX and due process</a> 
—Antisemitism and Title VI 
—<a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/is-chief-justice-roberts-moderating-from-the-front/">Is Chief Justice Roberts moderating from the front? 
</a> 
—<a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://openyls.law.yale.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/335a95a6-d130-4c00-8b09-3c2a9995e042/content">Alexander Bickel and passive virtues</a> 
—The left and court-packing 
<strong>Show notes:</strong> 
—<a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._$124,700_in_U.S. 
_Currency"><em>United States v. $124,700 in U.S. 
Currency</em></a> 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 8.9%Sarah Isgur: 0.7%The Dispatch: 4.0%Confirmation Bias8.9%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 8.1%Sarah Isgur: 0.7%The Dispatch: 1.9%Availability Heuristic8.1%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.8%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 22.2%Sarah Isgur: 6.4%The Dispatch: 4.8%Framing Effect22.2%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.5%The Dispatch: 0.7%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.7%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.6%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 2.7%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.4%The Dispatch: 5.3%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.8%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 6.4%The Dispatch: 1.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.8%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.9%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 3.0%The Dispatch: 3.5%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.4%The Dispatch: 2.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 6.1%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 2.7%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.3%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 7.1%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.2%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 0.0%The Dispatch: 1.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sarah Isgur: 2.6%The Dispatch: 5.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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