Author: Jacob Sullum
Jacob Sullum
has 2.7% among authors.
BS Score: 1.1%.
Articles analyzed: 6.
Words analyzed: 29,371.
Analyzed articles
Reason.com
- By Jacob Sullum
- 7/2/2026, 9:10 PM
Negativity Bias 22.5% - Biased Writer Voice 21.3% - Confirmation Bias 19.8%
Former Houston narcotics officer Gerald Goines is serving a 60-year sentence for his role in a 2019 drug raid that killed a middle-aged couple, Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, whom he falsely accused of selling heroin. But the officer who actually killed Tuttle and Nicholas was Felipe Gallegos, whose justification for the shots he... more
Reason.com
- By Jacob Sullum
- 7/1/2026, 4:01 AM
Negativity Bias 42.8% - Biased Writer Voice 22.6% - Unattributed Quote 16.2%
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled that "an agreement not to appeal a sentence is unenforceable when it would result in a miscarriage of justice." This week, the Court held that a government-ordered analysis of cellphone location data qualifies as a "search" under the Fourth Amendment. In both cases, Justice Neil Gorsuch agreed with... more
Reason.com
- By Jacob Sullum
- 6/29/2026, 7:05 PM
Negativity Bias 10% - Appeal to Authority 8.6% - Confirmation Bias 5.3%
On Monday in <em>Chatrie v. United States</em>, the Supreme Court held that government-ordered analysis of data collected via Google's Location History feature, which tracks the whereabouts of cellphone users, qualifies as a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Justice Neil Gorsuch concurred in that judgment, but he wrote... more
Reason.com
- By Jacob Sullum
- 6/24/2026, 8:18 PM
Framing Effect 12.2% - Negativity Bias 6.8% - Optimism Bias 6.4%
Last week in *United States v. Hemani*, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the government may not strip people of their Second Amendment rights or prosecute them for illegal gun possession simply because they are marijuana users. That decision was good news for Alexander Ledvina, an Iowa cannabis consumer who received a four-year... more
Reason.com
- By Jacob Sullum
- 6/23/2026, 7:50 PM
Biased Writer Voice 16.9% - Framing Effect 16.1% - Hasty Generalization 6.6%
Last week in <em>United States v. Hemani</em>, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the government may not strip people of their Second Amendment rights or prosecute them for illegal gun possession simply because they are marijuana users. Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving current member of the Court, joined his colleagues... more
Reason.com
- By Jacob Sullum
- 5/15/2026, 6:00 PM
Appeal to Authority 20.1% - Optimism Bias 18.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 16.8%
Last month, Virginia became the 12th state to enact an "assault weapon" ban, which Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed into law on April 13. That new law is plainly unconstitutional, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and two other Second Amendment groups argue in McDonald v. Katz, a lawsuit they filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court... more