Townhall⁠84%

The Fifth Circuit Court Just Delivered a Major Ruling On In-State Tuition For Illegal Aliens in Texas ⁠67%

By Dmitri Bolt⁠82%

7/10/2026, 2:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Unattributed Quote, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 33.1% saturation with 234 hits. Analysis detected 1,347 faulty-reasoning hits from 706 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 60.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠67% (7,355 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 66.40% of the article peer group.

What This Flight Instructor Did Was Terrifying 
Is Graham Platner's Top Aide Serious With This Tweet? 
It's Sad This Case Got That Far, But It Was a Good Day... 
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Illinois AR-15 Ban. 
Here's What They Said. 
SC National Guard Suspended These Pilots Over This Flyover...and Then Pete Hegseth Found... 
'Carry On, Patriots.' 
The Suspension of Those SC National Guard Pilots Has Been... 
The Talking Points Memo Went Out Over Latest ICE-Involved Shooting 
That Gay Cruise Turned Away by Turkey Was Denied Docking in a Second... 
A New Iranian Assassination Plot Targeting President Trump Was Just Uncovered 
Diplomacy Finally Caught Up With Reality in Lebanon: Rubio’s Masterstroke 
10 Reasons the DSA Isn’t the Fringe, It’s the Democrats' Heir Apparent 
Is This Week's Freedom to Fix Agreement Trump’s Biggest Pro-Farmer Victory yet? 
Judge the Movement, Not the Mission Statement 
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down a major ruling blocking Texas from offering in-state college tuition to illegal aliens under its state-level Dream Act. 
The court held that federal law overrides the policy under the Supremacy Clause. 
The decision is expected to force Texas public universities to reclassify illegal alien students as out-of-state and significantly increase tuition costs for those who had qualified under the policy. 
It establishes a broader ripple effect, inviting similar challenges to in-state tuition programs in other states and reinforcing federal authority over immigration-related benefits. 
🚨 BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit 2-1 has just STRUCK DOWN giving in-state discounted tuition to illegal aliens in Texas, a legal victory for Gov. 
Greg Abbott and President Trump 
This is COMMON SENSE! 
Exactly ZERO illegals — let alone "legal" foreigners — should get priority… pic.twitter.com/kCZpdWxuYS 
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 9, 2026 
The Fifth Circuit has held that federal law prevents states from providing in-state tuition benefits to illegal aliens. pic.twitter.com/zLwByj3Yup 
— Brett Shumate (@AAGShumate) July 9, 2026 
In 2001, Texas passed the Dream Act, which allowed certain illegal alien students to qualify for in-state tuition if they met criteria like Texas high school attendance and graduation. 
The Fifth Circuit Court found that the law amounts to a residence-based benefit that is not equally available to out-of-state U.S. citizens, placing it in conflict with federal law. 
In June of 2025, the U.S. 
Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Texas seeking to overturn the in-state tuition provision. 
State Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office filed a joint motion with DOJ asking the court to declare the state law unconstitutional. 
SC National Guard Suspended These Pilots Over This Flyover...and Then Pete Hegseth Found Out About It 
On Thursday, the court ruled the Dream Act unconstitutional in a 2-1 ruling. 
“In-state tuition is about one-tenth the amount of out-of-state tuition and represents a monetary form of assistance, not merely a hollow status,” Judge Jerry Smith, a Reagan-appointee, wrote in the majority opinion. 
"Texas and the Trump DOJ just secured another major victory for the rule of law," Governor Greg Abbott of Texas wrote in a statement on X. 
"The Fifth Circuit upheld the END of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in Texas." 
Texas and the Trump DOJ just secured another major victory for the rule of law. 
The Fifth Circuit upheld the END of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in Texas. https://t.co/AW35SAzrRO 
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 9, 2026 
Editor’s Note: We voted for mass deportations, not mass amnesty. 
Help us continue to fight back against those trying to go against the will of the American people. 
Join Townhall VIP and use promo code FIGHT to receive 60% off your membership. 
That Gay Cruise Turned Away by Turkey Was Denied Docking in a Second Country 
It's Sad This Case Got That Far, But It Was a Good Day for the Rule of Law in Texas 
Oh, You Know the Dems Are Going to Go Ballistic Over Trump's Latest Move 
Mamdani's Embittered Fourth of July Rant to America 
Trending on Townhall Videos 
'You Built a Franchise on a Dead Man's Name': Data Republican Says 'Hello' to Candace Owens 
You Get What You Pay For: London Descends Into Chaos After Morocco Loss in World Cup 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 2.3%Dmitri Bolt: 4.6%Townhall: 5.3%Confirmation Bias2.3%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 3.4%Townhall: 2.8%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 5.8%Dmitri Bolt: 0.6%Townhall: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic5.8%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.9%Townhall: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 1.5%Townhall: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 6.7%Dmitri Bolt: 19.4%Townhall: 11.2%Framing Effect6.7%This article: 4.1%Dmitri Bolt: 0.7%Townhall: 0.4%Loss Aversion4.1%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.1%Townhall: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 1.4%Dmitri Bolt: 2.6%Townhall: 1.4%Optimism Bias1.4%This article: 4.7%Dmitri Bolt: 1.5%Townhall: 1.9%Pessimism Bias4.7%This article: 19.8%Dmitri Bolt: 12.1%Townhall: 13.5%Negativity Bias19.8%This article: 5.8%Dmitri Bolt: 2.7%Townhall: 1.8%Self-Serving Bias5.8%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.5%Townhall: 1.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 7.8%Dmitri Bolt: 5.9%Townhall: 4.6%In-Group Bias7.8%This article: 2.0%Dmitri Bolt: 2.6%Townhall: 3.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias2.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 4.1%Townhall: 1.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.3%Townhall: 0.9%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 8.9%Dmitri Bolt: 3.6%Townhall: 1.3%Recency Bias8.9%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.1%Townhall: 0.6%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 3.4%Dmitri Bolt: 1.8%Townhall: 5.0%Ad Hominem3.4%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 1.3%Townhall: 2.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 7.8%Dmitri Bolt: 5.2%Townhall: 4.4%Appeal to Authority7.8%This article: 3.5%Dmitri Bolt: 1.4%Townhall: 1.9%False Dilemma3.5%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 2.0%Townhall: 1.6%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.1%Townhall: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 2.0%Dmitri Bolt: 8.4%Townhall: 9.1%Hasty Generalization2.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.2%Townhall: 0.6%Red Herring0.0%This article: 6.5%Dmitri Bolt: 1.3%Townhall: 1.3%Bandwagon6.5%This article: 13.9%Dmitri Bolt: 12.9%Townhall: 11.1%Appeal to Emotion13.9%This article: 1.0%Dmitri Bolt: 1.4%Townhall: 2.2%Begging the Question1.0%This article: 5.5%Dmitri Bolt: 2.2%Townhall: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)5.5%This article: 1.4%Dmitri Bolt: 0.1%Townhall: 0.6%Tu Quoque1.4%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 1.4%Townhall: 1.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.3%Townhall: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.4%Townhall: 1.4%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 1.8%Dmitri Bolt: 0.1%Townhall: 0.1%No True Scotsman1.8%This article: 7.2%Dmitri Bolt: 1.3%Townhall: 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)7.2%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.3%Townhall: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.0%Townhall: 0.4%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 13.2%Dmitri Bolt: 4.5%Townhall: 3.4%Unattributed Quote13.2%This article: 3.5%Dmitri Bolt: 2.2%Townhall: 3.0%Quote-first Misdirection3.5%This article: 33.1%Dmitri Bolt: 17.1%Townhall: 16.1%Biased Writer Voice33.1%This article: 5.5%Dmitri Bolt: 4.7%Townhall: 5.6%Indoctrination5.5%This article: 0.0%Dmitri Bolt: 0.3%Townhall: 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 7.5%Dmitri Bolt: 11.0%Townhall: 13.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias7.5%This article: 4.5%Dmitri Bolt: 3.5%Townhall: 5.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…4.5%

706 words analyzed.

Speakers

8speakers22%attributed speech549writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 27 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 24 words • 100.0% coverageGreg Abbott • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageEric Daugherty • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageBrett Shumate • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageDepartment of Justice (DOJ) • 20 words • 0.0% coverageKen Paxton’s office • 21 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageJudge Jerry Smith • 32 words • 100.0% coverageGreg Abbott • 26 words • 100.0% coverageGreg Abbott • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageGreg Abbott • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 100.0% coverageTownhall VIP • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageTownhall Videos • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Greg Abbott

77%flagged-word coverage
52 attributed words33% of attributed speech87% writer coverage
0%25.0%50.0%Biased Writer Voice+12.1 ptsWriter: 37.9%Greg Abbott: 50.0%50.0%Unattributed Quote-11.1 ptsWriter: 11.1%Greg Abbott: 0.0%0.0%Politically Right Leaning -9.7 ptsWriter: 9.7%Greg Abbott: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-7.1 ptsWriter: 7.1%Greg Abbott: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-4.6 ptsWriter: 4.6%Greg Abbott: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -3.3 ptsWriter: 3.3%Greg Abbott: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…

Analysis

Hover over highlighted words in the article to view the associated bias or fallacy analysis.