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Supreme Court agrees to review law that bars drug users from having guns

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -46% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% 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

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : On Oct. 3, the justices agreed to review whether a Hawaii law that imposes new restrictions on where people with concealed carry permits can bring handguns also violates the Constitution's Second Amendment.
52% : The restriction at issue in the case is a "modest, modern analogue of much harsher founding-era restrictions on habitual drunkards, and so it stands solidly within our Nation's history and tradition of regulation," he added.
50% : The appeals court correctly concluded that "history and tradition showed laws banning carrying weapons while under the influence of alcohol, but none barred gun possession by regular drinkers," they wrote.
37% : The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether a federal law that bars frequent users of illegal drugs from possessing a firearm violates the Constitution's right to bear arms.

*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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