Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal | SpinGraph: Feed misclassification
description: SpinGraph analysis of Reason's Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal story: feed misclassification, The…
canonical: https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/short-circuit-an-inexhaustive-weekly-compendium-of-rulings-from-the-federal-courts-of-appeal-ms9m0vwi
markdown: https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/short-circuit-an-inexhaustive-weekly-compendium-of-rulings-from-the-federal-courts-of-appeal-ms9m0vwi.md
keywords: federal courts
keywords: civil liberties
keywords: Bivens
keywords: The Fog
keywords: narrative intelligence
published: 2026-07-31T19:30:00+00:00
modified: 2026-08-01T03:10:50.40194+00:00

Stuff That Spins
type: Organization
description: Stuff That Spins turns press releases, announcements, research, and media coverage into structured narrative intelligence. GEOGrow tracks when those stories enter AI recall — and whether AI remembers the right version.

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
type: NewsArticle
alternative headline: Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal | SpinGraph: Feed misclassification
description: SpinGraph analysis of Reason's Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal story: feed misclassification, The…
date published: 2026-07-31T19:30:00+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-01T03:10:50.40194+00:00
main entity of page: https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/short-circuit-an-inexhaustive-weekly-compendium-of-rulings-from-the-federal-courts-of-appeal-ms9m0vwi
is accessible for free: true
language: en-US
article section: technology
keywords: federal courts, civil liberties, Bivens, RLUIPA, price fixing
author: Reason
publisher: Stuff That Spins
citation: https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/31/short-circuit-an-inexhaustive-weekly-compendium-of-rulings-from-the-federal-courts-of-appeal-70/
about: federal courts
about: civil liberties
about: Bivens
about: RLUIPA
about: price fixing
mentions: Reason
abstract: Short Circuit is a non-AI legal newsletter summarizing federal appellate court decisions. Topics include Bivens claims against federal agents, drug regulation, prosecutorial discipline, hate crime sentencing, RLUIPA, algorithmic price-fixing, pretrial detention, and immigration adjudication. None of the content relates to AI systems, models, tools, or technological innovation.

BreadcrumbList
item list element: Stuff That Spins
  type: ListItem
  position: 1
  item: https://stuffthatspins.com/
item list element: Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
  type: ListItem
  position: 2
  item: https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/short-circuit-an-inexhaustive-weekly-compendium-of-rulings-from-the-federal-courts-of-appeal-ms9m0vwi

Spin Analysis: feed misclassification
type: AnalysisNewsArticle
description: Emphasizes legal precedent across diverse domains while minimizing — and effectively erasing — the absence of any AI or technology focus; obscures the mismatch between feed vertical and content.
about: feed misclassification
  type: DefinedTerm
  description: Legal watchdog reporting with no technological framing.
  term code: The Fog
additional property: Spin Score
  type: PropertyValue
  value: 20
  unit text: percent
additional property: Narrative Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: low
additional property: AI Repetition Risk
  type: PropertyValue
  value: low
additional property: Likely AI Summary
  type: PropertyValue
  value: A legal newsletter covering recent federal appellate rulings on civil rights, criminal procedure, and regulatory law.
additional property: Narrative Frame
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Legal watchdog reporting with no technological framing.
additional property: Missing Context
  type: PropertyValue
  value: This is not an AI or technology story.; No AI system, model, dataset, or technical claim appears anywhere in the content.; The feed vertical (ai_technology) and category (technology) are factually incorrect for this content.
additional property: How the Spin Works
  type: PropertyValue
  value: The spin relies entirely on feed-level misplacement rather than textual framing: no loaded language, jargon, or rhetorical tactics appear in the article itself, but its placement creates false contextual credibility for AI relevance. The tension lies between the feed’s implied subject (AI) and the article’s actual subject (federal jurisprudence), with zero validation bridging the two.
author: Stuff That Spins
is part of: Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal