BS Summary: This article contains 26 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 47% saturation with 290 hits. Analysis detected 1,634 faulty-reasoning hits from 617 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 72.8% and a BS Rank of 81% (4,040 of 21,073 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 80.80% of the article peer group.

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Trump blows off John Roberts’ concerns, ups the ante in offensive against judges 
The president is apparently indifferent to concerns that his frequent condemnations of jurists leads to threats. 
Why did Trump attend today’s Supreme Court arguments? 
Here are 2 possible reasons. 
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Now, the GOP seems to be shifting focus to the Supreme Court 
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Trump’s solicitor general stumbled at the Supreme Court. 
That may not matter. 
The Constitution, the text of the relevant statute, and this Court’s past rulings argue against the president. 
The Roberts Court keeps giving Donald Trump what he wants, when he wants it 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 9.4%MS NOW: 7.6%Confirmation Bias9.4%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 1.2%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 7.3%MS NOW: 3.7%Availability Heuristic7.3%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 1.3%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.6%MS NOW: 2.6%Overconfidence Bias0.6%This article: 13.8%MS NOW: 15.5%Framing Effect13.8%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.7%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.9%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 2.4%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 6.6%MS NOW: 3.2%Pessimism Bias6.6%This article: 47.0%MS NOW: 19.3%Negativity Bias47.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 2.4%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 2.6%MS NOW: 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error2.6%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 3.5%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 2.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 2.2%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 1.8%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 6.3%MS NOW: 1.8%Recency Bias6.3%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.6%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 4.7%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 5.3%MS NOW: 1.3%Straw Man5.3%This article: 6.3%MS NOW: 5.4%Appeal to Authority6.3%This article: 1.6%MS NOW: 2.2%False Dilemma1.6%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 2.2%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 15.1%MS NOW: 8.1%Hasty Generalization15.1%This article: 7.0%MS NOW: 0.7%Red Herring7.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.9%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 17.5%MS NOW: 9.8%Appeal to Emotion17.5%This article: 1.8%MS NOW: 2.4%Begging the Question1.8%This article: 16.0%MS NOW: 3.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)16.0%This article: 2.6%MS NOW: 0.6%Tu Quoque2.6%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.9%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 2.1%MS NOW: 0.3%Composition/Division2.1%This article: 2.6%MS NOW: 2.6%Anecdotal2.6%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 20.1%MS NOW: 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)20.1%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.3%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 0.3%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 1.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 12.5%MS NOW: 2.5%Unattributed Quote12.5%This article: 8.9%MS NOW: 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection8.9%This article: 39.9%MS NOW: 14.2%Biased Writer Voice39.9%This article: 0.0%MS NOW: 2.1%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 4.7%MS NOW: 5.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias4.7%This article: 3.6%MS NOW: 0.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias3.6%This article: 3.6%MS NOW: 0.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…3.6%

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Laurence Tribe

100%flagged-word coverage
16 attributed words43% of attributed speech83% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Quote-first Misdirection+93.3 ptsWriter: 6.7%Laurence Tribe: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-41.0 ptsWriter: 41.0%Laurence Tribe: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-11.0 ptsWriter: 11.0%Laurence Tribe: 0.0%0.0%Politically Left Leaning B-5.0 ptsWriter: 5.0%Laurence Tribe: 0.0%0.0%Politically Right Leaning -3.8 ptsWriter: 3.8%Laurence Tribe: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -3.8 ptsWriter: 3.8%Laurence Tribe: 0.0%0.0%

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