Maine high court dismisses appeal asking it to consider Trump's ballot access

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    -2% Center

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    66% 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

15% Positive

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"Attorneys for Trump have argued that Bellows did not have the authority to issue a ruling on his eligibility, that Section 3 does not apply to the presidency or those seeking to run for office - but rather those who hold office - and that the former president did not engage in insurrection."
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-46% Liberal
"In arguments filed Tuesday, she urged the court to take up the case of Trump's appeal of her decision to ban him from the ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits people from holding office if they have engaged in insurrection against the United States."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Maine's highest court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal from the secretary of state asking the court to weigh in on her decision to ban former President Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot."
Negative
-34% Liberal
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

27% : Attorneys for Trump have argued that Bellows did not have the authority to issue a ruling on his eligibility, that Section 3 does not apply to the presidency or those seeking to run for office - but rather those who hold office - and that the former president did not engage in insurrection.

*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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