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How a Supreme Court hit job reinforces a dangerous leftist trend

Nypost · · 762 words · By Ilya Shapiro
Judicial Legitimacy and Criticism Political Polarization in the Judiciary
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What to know about Judicial Legitimacy and Criticism

For progressives, every institutional norm is sacred until it stands in the way of their political goals.

Claims checked 5
Techniques found 5
Topics 2

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
Left0%
Center75%
Right25%

4 sources compared across this story cluster. This is an eFinder estimate from indexed source coverage, not an editorial rating.

What happened

For progressives, every institutional norm is sacred until it stands in the way of their political goals.

Why it matters

Such is the case with the left’s latest assault on the Supreme Court.

Common ground

It’s an ongoing campaign of public pressure, intra-court sniping and conveniently timed leaks — all designed to delegitimize the justices whenever the court refuses to function as a super-legislature for the Democratic Party.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Straw Man: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/opinion/new-supreme-court-hit-job-unveils-a-danger…

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 5 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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Name Calling / Labeling 85% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing name calling / labeling helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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Straw Man 80% confidence
Misrepresenting an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing straw man helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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Black-and-White Fallacy 70% confidence
Presenting only two options when more exist.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing black-and-white fallacy helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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Selective Omission 75% confidence
Deliberately leaving out important context or facts that would change interpretation.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing selective omission helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A few days after Jackson’s broadside, The New York Times published a story based on leaked internal Supreme Court memoranda, slamming the emergency docket and, not coincidentally, Chief Justice John Roberts.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists only of general web search results related to programming keywords ('new') and Wikipedia pages for 'The New York Times' and 'New York Supreme Court.' There is no evidence provided in the gathered results confirming that The New York Times published a story based on leaked internal Supreme Court memoranda criticizing the emergency docket and Chief Justice John Roberts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the superior court in the Judiciary of New York. It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction, although in many counties outside New York …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Supreme_Court
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. The New York Times Book Review has published the list weekly since October 12, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller…
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Claim 2: “Like ProPublica’s past attacks on Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, this is one big nothingburger.”
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The evidence provides definitions of 'criticism' and information about ProPublica and the Supreme Court, but it does not contain any direct evidence or corroboration regarding the specific comparison or assertion that the criticism is 'one big nothingburger' or insignificant, beyond the general context of criticism.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_St…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 1, 2025, to elect a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Dane County circuit judge Susan M. Crawford defeated Waukes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_e…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ProPublica, Inc. (), is a nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in New York City. ProPublica's investigations are conducted by its staff of full-time reporters, and the resulting stori…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProPublica
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Claim 3: “That’s why legal experts including Will Baude, Josh Blackman, Jack Goldsmith and others are rightly criticizing the Times’ framing.”
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Two web search results directly mention that legal experts, including Will Baude, Josh Blackman, and Jack Goldsmith, criticized The New York Times' framing of an issue related to the Supreme Court. This constitutes corroboration from multiple search results citing this group of experts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's eligibility to run in the 2024 U.S. presidential election was the subject of dispute due to his alleged involvement in the January 6 Capitol attack under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Ame…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stephen Edward Sachs (born 1979 or 1980) is an American legal scholar who is the Antonin Scalia Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is a scholar of constitutional law, civil procedure, conflict…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_E._Sachs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump v. Anderson, 601 U.S. 100 (2024), is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that states could not determine eligibility for federal office, including the presidency, under…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Anderson
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Claim 4: “Start with Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s remarkable outburst two weeks ago. She publicly criticized Justice Brett Kavanaugh by taking a swipe at his “privilege” — as though a justice’s personal background somehow disqualifies him from participating in legal debate.”
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The web search results confirm that Justice Sonia Sotomayor apologized for making 'inappropriate' and 'hurtful' comments about Justice Brett Kavanaugh. However, none of the provided evidence explicitly details the specific criticism regarding his 'privilege' or frames it as a direct 'outburst' two weeks prior, making the full context of the claim difficult to corroborate across multiple independent sources beyond the apology itself.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States encompass the gender, ethnicity, and religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the 116 people who have been appointed and confirmed …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Constitution of the United States does not require that any federal judges have any particular educational or career background, but the work of the Court involves complex questions of law – rangi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_law_schools_attended_b…
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Claim 5: “Last week, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson launched her own attack, this time on the court’s use of what progressives call the “shadow docket” — decisions made about interim relief on an expedited basis.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has criticized the Supreme Court's handling of its emergency docket, stating she has 'stepped up her criticism' regarding decisions made on an emergency basis.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Justice Jackson may refer to: Three justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Ketanji Brown Jackson (born 1970), associate justice Robert H. Jackson (1892–1954), associate justice Howell E. Jackson (1832–1…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson (née Brown; kə-TAHN-jee; born September 14, 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nomi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketanji_Brown_Jackson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced that he would nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the position of associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to fill the vacancy by S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketanji_Brown_Jackson_Supreme_…
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