Topic summary
20%10 analyzed articles/videos6,376 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fourth Amendment results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 2,980 hits. Analysis detected 26,271 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,847 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 8% (14,657 of 15,853 topics). This Fourth Amendment is better (less manipulative) than 92.50% of the peer group.
Fourth Amendment

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

8% percentile
02550751007.5% percentile
1.5% BS Score10 analyzed articles33.8K 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 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.8%8.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%

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 6.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Deliberately Arming Oneself to Answer Door to Police May Be "Privileged" Against "Obstructing Official Business" Prosecution3%
Reason.com40%By Eugene Volokh6%7/22/2026, 12:32:47 PM
Pennsylvania's Top Court Unanimously Rejects Warrantless Searches of Private Land5%
Reason.com40%By Jacob Sullum20%7/21/2026, 9:15:36 PM
The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets42%
WIRED15%By Dell Cameron59%7/20/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Alameda County expands the surveillance state with renewal of Flock Safety cameras83%
San Francisco Chronicle11%By Zach A. Brooks0%7/17/2026, 11:00:00 AM
ICE Keeps Shooting People. Here's a Way Congress Can Rein It In.65%
Reason.com40%By Autumn Billings66%7/15/2026, 9:04:12 PM
ROOKE: Surveillance State Has Arrived, And Masked Heroes Are Already Fighting Back51%
The Daily Caller67%By Mary Rooke0%7/6/2026, 7:26:45 PM
Behind the Blog: With Blogs Like These28%
404 Media48%By Samantha Cole62%7/3/2026, 10:00:02 AM
Neil Gorsuch Urges Supreme Court To Correct 2 Wrong Turns That Undermined Civil Liberties41%
Reason.com40%By Jacob Sullum20%7/1/2026, 4:01:04 AM
In Chatrie, Neil Gorsuch reiterates his critique of 2 dubious Fourth Amendment doctrines9%
Reason.com40%By Jacob Sullum20%6/29/2026, 7:05:40 PM
In Big Win for Fourth Amendment Advocates, the Supreme Court Says 'Geofence Warrants' Count as a 'Search'41%
Reason.com40%By Damon Root50%6/29/2026, 4:50:52 PM