Topic summary
84%116 analyzed articles/videos81,553 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 15.4% saturation with 62,114 hits. Analysis detected 476,375 faulty-reasoning hits from 403,256 analyzed words across 116 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 30% (11,091 of 15,780 topics). This Supreme Court is better (less manipulative) than 70.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510029.7% percentile
2.2% BS Score116 analyzed articles403.3K 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 9.6%9.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.4%15.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.8%11.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 9.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Justice Kagan Rejects Charge that Supreme Court Is "Rubber Stamp" for Trump Administration32%
Reason.com40%By Jonathan H. Adler14%7/24/2026, 12:16:20 AM
Tennessee Gerrymandering Challenge Fails, Just as Supreme Court Intended71%
Talking Points Memo89%By Kate Riga0%7/23/2026, 2:12:26 PM
George Conway Is Back—and Trump Gave Him PLENTY to Work With79%
The Bulwark74%By Sarah Longwell91%7/22/2026, 10:58:33 PM
Louisiana Rep. Cleo Fields won't seek reelection after Democrat's seat was redrawn29%
WRAL.com44%By ANNA WILDER — Associated Press/Report for America35%7/22/2026, 12:13:11 AM
Pennsylvania's Top Court Unanimously Rejects Warrantless Searches of Private Land5%
Reason.com40%By Jacob Sullum20%7/21/2026, 9:15:36 PM
Justice Kagan Says Don't Call It the "Shadow Docket"39%
Reason.com40%By Jonathan H. Adler14%7/17/2026, 12:54:16 PM
SC judges tell US Congress their safety is at risk and more be spent on security64%
The Times of India53%By Agencies22%7/15/2026, 3:47:00 AM
Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety22%
KUAR17%By Nina Totenberg78%7/15/2026, 3:19:25 AM
Supreme Court justices detail security risks and weigh in on ethics in rare congressional testimony18%
Texarkana Gazette25%7/15/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Supreme Court Justices give chilling accounts of threats to their safety30%
NPR Las Vegas | Nevada Public Radio (KNPR 88.9)32%By Nina Totenberg78%7/14/2026, 8:19:25 PM