Court Appears to Take Dim View of Trump's Immunity Claim

  • Bias Rating

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    96% 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

-24% Negative

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"I think it is paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal laws, Henderson said."
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34% Conservative
"Pan noted there is also an executive interest in enforcing criminal laws."
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8% Conservative
"Once the panel issues a ruling, the issue could be back before the justices if Trump chooses to appeal."
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-38% Liberal
"She pressed Sauer to answer whether Trump could have been properly prosecuted if he had been impeached on the same or related conduct as is contained in the indictment."
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-52% Liberal
"Surrounded by high amounts of security and media due to the former president's attendance, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments Tuesday to consider Trump's appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan decision not to dismiss his election-interference case based on presidential immunity."
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-2% Liberal
"The panel included Judges Karen Henderson, a George H.W. Bush appointee, and Michelle Childs and Florence Pan, Biden appointees."
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-2% Liberal
"Never in our nation's history has a president claimed that immunity extends beyond his time in office, Pearce argued."
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-4% Liberal
"Pan asked Trump's attorney, Dean John Sauer."
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-14% Liberal
"Former President Donald Trump's claim to presidential immunity from prosecution came under intense questioning Tuesday by a three-judge federal panel."
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-20% Liberal
"Pearce urged the court to reach a conclusion even if it entertains doubts."
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-22% Liberal
"At least since the Watergate-era 50 years ago, there has been widespread societal recognition by presidents and the executive branch that a former president is subject to criminal prosecution, Pearce argued."
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-22% Liberal
"Department of Justice lawyer James Pearce contended that would lead to an extraordinarily frightening future, where a president can simply resign before he is impeached and evade responsibility for a crime."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"For example, it could lead to shocking results, like indicting President Joe Biden after he leaves office for mismanaging the border."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Once the panel issues a ruling, the issue could be back before the justices if Trump chooses to appeal."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"She pressed Sauer to answer whether Trump could have been properly prosecuted if he had been impeached on the same or related conduct as is contained in the indictment."
Negative
-28% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : ""I think it is paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal laws," Henderson said.
54% : "Pan noted there is also an executive interest in "enforcing criminal laws.
31% : Once the panel issues a ruling, the issue could be back before the justices if Trump chooses to appeal.
24% : She pressed Sauer to answer whether Trump could have been "properly prosecuted" if he had been impeached on the same or related conduct as is contained in the indictment.

*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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