Affirmative action is at death's door at the Supreme Court

Oct 30, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -6% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    -6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    22% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"AxiosThe end of affirmative action, at least on college campuses, is almost certainly near."
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12% Conservative
"“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in a 2007 opinion about the use of race when assigning kids to public schools."
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-4% Liberal
"Between the lines: The fact that it’s a 6-3 conservative court is part of the reason legal experts believe affirmative action is likely to lose, but there are other signs, as well."
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-4% Liberal
"Conservative activist Ed Blum has organized and funded a slew of high-profile lawsuits explicitly designed to get the court to strike down affirmative action."
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-18% Liberal
"Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi arrive on the red carpet for the Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York on April 23, 2019.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesMembers of Congress continued to express support Sunday for House Speakeru00a0Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, after he was violently attacked by an intruder with a hammer on Friday."
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18% Conservative
"Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi arrive on the red carpet for the Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York on April 23, 2019.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesMembers of Congress continued to express support Sunday for House Speakeru00a0Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, after he was violently attacked by an intruder with a hammer on Friday."
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18% Conservative
"In her first public comment since the assault, Speaker Pelosi said in a statement Saturday that she is heartbroken and traumatized by the attack, but her husband's condition continues to improve.Please"
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-14% Liberal
"Sen.u00a0Ricku00a0Scottu00a0(R-Fla.) told CNN's State of the Union Sunday that while people can have heated discussions about political issues, violence has to end."
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-16% Liberal
"The 82-year-old has gone through a successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands, Pelosi's spokesman said."
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-28% Liberal
"This violence is horrible, Scott said."
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-32% Liberal
"He allegedly was searching for the House speaker, shouting, Where is Nancy, where is Nancy? before attacking her husband, a source told NBC.Sen."
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-48% Liberal
"He allegedly was searching for the House speaker, shouting, Where is Nancy, where is Nancy? before attacking her husband, a source told NBC.Sen."
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-48% Liberal
"Amy Klobuchar, D-Mi., told NBC's Meet the Press Sunday that Speaker Pelosi has been villainized and faced threats for years, and that it is clear the vicious attack was meant for her."
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-60% Liberal
"Amy Klobuchar, D-Mi., told NBC's Meet the Press Sunday that Speaker Pelosi has been villainized and faced threats for years, and that it is clear the vicious attack was meant for her."
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-60% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : AxiosThe end of affirmative action, at least on college campuses, is almost certainly near.
48% : “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in a 2007 opinion about the use of race when assigning kids to public schools.
48% : Between the lines: The fact that it’s a 6-3 conservative court is part of the reason legal experts believe affirmative action is likely to lose, but there are other signs, as well.
41% : Conservative activist Ed Blum has organized and funded a slew of high-profile lawsuits explicitly designed to get the court to strike down affirmative action.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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