From the Right · Read · November 6, 2026
Nov 9 · The Supreme Court lets Trump resume border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend region, over Justice Jackson's dissent
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Grade B (82/100). Article: Washington Examiner on the Supreme Court's Big Bend ruling
Lehrer score 82/100 (starts at 85; +4 named, on-record sources (2+): Solicitor General D. John Sauer and the per curiam ruling quoted; +3 primary document linked or cited (filing, ruling, data release, statement): "the unsigned per curiam ruling said" quoted at length; +2 context: background or what came before: Judge Kathleen Cardone, "an appointee of former President George W. Bush"; −6 leaves out a fact or voice the other two pieces report / one side only (rule 5/13): gives no voice to the challengers, whose arguments NBC News and Newsweek both report; −6 unlabeled claim, analysis or opinion in the outlet's own voice (rule 2/10): "adding to the administration's overwhelmingly positive record there" in its own voice). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → B.
What we checked: gives no voice to the challengers, whose arguments NBC News and Newsweek both report; "adding to the administration's overwhelmingly positive record there" in its own voice
Splits: Article: Washington Examiner on the Supreme Court's Big Bend ruling
Same story: NBC News, Newsweek
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