As Panel Eyes SCOTUS, We Must Preserve Court's Independence | RealClearPolitics

Oct 07, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    14% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

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"President Nixon appointed Harry Blackmun, the author of Roe v. Wade, which created a constitutional right to abortion."
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-18% Liberal
"When he was a senator, Joe Biden proclaimed court packing a bone-head idea. ..."
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4% Conservative
"Packing the court in support of Biden's agenda is no less bone-headed than it was in the Roosevelt era."
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4% Conservative
"President Biden created the commission, composed overwhelmingly of law professors, in April to consider the left's demands for reform, such as increasing the number of justices -- better known as court packing."
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-2% Liberal
"But let's assume that the new justices President Biden nominates and the Senate confirms are reliably liberal, voting consistently with the three liberals now on the court."
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-4% Liberal
"Demands from the left to enlarge the court erupted last year when President Trump exercised his constitutional prerogative to fill a vacancy."
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-10% Liberal
"Proponents of court packing presume that adding seats, and thus allowing Biden to appoint four new justices at once, would shift the ideological balance to the left and reverse the way the court would rule on a given case."
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-18% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : President Nixon appointed Harry Blackmun, the author of Roe v. Wade, which created a constitutional right to abortion.

*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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