Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
5 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans left
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
67/100
Reason's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent
Sophisticated clients develop comprehensive strategies to get a cert petition granted.
asserted
petition → develop → strategies
The question presented concerned limitations on the reversion of copyrights.
asserted
question → present → copyrights
Paul Clement was retained to represent many of the leading media companies.
asserted
Clement → retain → companies
The Plaintiffs secured top-side amicus brief from heavy-hitters including Paramount (represented by Lisa Blatt), the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, and more.
asserted
Plaintiffs → secure → America
Everything was lined up for a cert grant.
asserted
Everything → line → grant
Today's order includes this entry:
Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U. S. C. §1, and since the qualified Justices are of the opinion that the case cannot be heard and determined at the next Term of the Court, the judgment is affirmed under 28 U. S. C. §2109, which provides that under these circumstances "the court shall enter its order affirming the judgment of the court from which the case was brought for review with the same effect as upon affirmance by an equally divided court."
asserted
case → include → court
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Gorsuch, Justice Barrett, and Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
asserted
Sotomayor → take → petition
The lower court judgment survives, and it is hard to imagine another case with the same parties would trigger a different outcome.
asserted
case → survive → outcome
What happened here?
asserted
What → happen → ?
I have to imagine that these four Justices, who all have lucrative book deals, recused because of either the parties identified, or the issue presented.
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who → have → parties
Curiously, Justice Alito who is a new publisher, did not step aside.
asserted
who → step → ?
Going forward, these and other publishing companies need to be aware that they likely do not have a quorum for a cert grant.
asserted
they → go → grant
However, they stand a good chance of having a favorable lower-court judgment affirmed by a quorum-less court.
asserted
judgment → stand → court
I've often wondered whether it makes actual good business sense to give lucrative book deals to the Justices.
asserted
it → wonder → Justices
Do they really ever earn back the advance or is it just an interest-free loan?
asserted
it → earn → advance
Well, now that media companies may no longer be able to bring cases to the Supreme Court, that value proposition has become far more difficult.
uncertain
proposition → bring → Court
We've seen how significant Justice Alito's recsual was in Suncor.
asserted
recsual → see → Suncor
I think these media recusals may prove even more important to the business community.
uncertain
recusals → think → community
And while Justice Alito, could divest those stocks, authors with book deals cannot cure the conflict.
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authors → divest → conflict
But the Court re
asserted
Court → re → ?
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following question: Whether a plaintiff challenging a facially neutral admissions policy as racially discriminatory must establish that the targeted racial group suffered an aggregate disparate impact relative to its share of the applicant pool.
asserted
group → grant → pool
Here is the question framed in the petition:
Whether a plaintiff alleging that a school district implemented facially-neutral admissions criteria for a racially discriminatory purpose must show that the criteria produced a disparate impact on the targeted racial group before a court may consider evidence of discriminatory intent.
uncertain
court → frame → intent
The Court dropped the reference to discriminatory intent and added a focus on "aggregate disparate impact."
asserted
Court → drop → impact
This case could now reflect an opportunity for the Trump Administration to advance its new policy concerning disparate impact.
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Administration → reflect → impact
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