v1 · embedding eigenbasis · axis 10
court · case · judg · charg · law · trial
court, case, judg, charg, law, trial, suprem, rule, justic, suit, appeal, decis, proceed, juri, state, lawyer, sentenc, arrest, hear, order, murder, accus, convict, deni
dominant in 16401 stories · variance scale 0.0068
Energy by year
1999 → 2026
Human sections of its stories
| Section (Wikipedia Current Events) | stories |
|---|
| Law and crime | 1723 |
| Politics and elections | 232 |
| Business and economy | 101 |
| International relations | 97 |
| Armed conflicts and attacks | 52 |
| Arts and culture | 19 |
| Politics | 18 |
| Health and environment | 12 |
The canon
The purest instances over the years: one story per episode, by coordinate on this axis.
| Date | Story | coord | energy |
|---|
| 2003-12-17 | Naval courts martial 'violate right to fair trial' | 0.41 | 0.7 |
| 2009-01-14 | US supreme court rules evidence admissible despite police error | 0.40 | 0.7 |
| 2011-06-23 | The U.S. Supreme Court rules on freedom of speech grounds against a state's effort to block pharmaceutical companies from selling information about the prescription records of particular doctors. | 0.40 | 0.7 |
| 2004-11-07 | U.S. Federal District Judge James Robertson rules that the system of tribunals set up by the United States military to try and sentence prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay is illegal. | 0.39 | 0.7 |
| 2004-06-23 | Wal-Mart Sex-Bias Suit Given Class-Action Status | 0.39 | 3.2 |
| 2014-12-15 | Court Rules for a Mistaken Police Officer | 0.39 | 2.2 |
| 2026-09-01 | An American judge rules that the case against Tyler James Robinson, accused of murdering political activist Charlie Kirk in September 2025, can go to trial, citing sufficient probable cause. | 0.39 | 0.7 |
| 2004-06-22 | Justices Limit Ability to Sue Health Plans | 0.39 | 2.8 |
| 2022-05-23 | Supreme court guts lifeline for prisoners who claim wrongful convictions | 0.39 | 2.2 |
| 2016-05-19 | Supreme Court Rules Right to Speedy Trial Ends at Guilty Verdict | 0.38 | 2.2 |
| 2021-06-07 | The U.S. Justice Department announces it will defend former President Donald Trump in a defamation suit brought against him by E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump raped her in the 1990s. | 0.38 | 0.7 |
| 2008-03-25 | Supreme court rules US courts are independent of Hague | 0.38 | 2.2 |
| 2010-06-02 | US Supreme Court relaxes strict interpretation of self incrimination ruling | 0.38 | 2.2 |
| 2011-10-03 | The United States Supreme Court announces that it won't hear a much-noted dispute on the width of the "first sale" doctrine in copyright law. | 0.38 | 0.7 |
| 2013-06-03 | Justices Allow DNA Collection After an Arrest | 0.37 | 2.2 |
| 2012-05-01 | DSK case will proceed to trial as judge rejects claim of diplomatic immunity | 0.37 | 4.2 |
| 2010-04-26 | Justices to Consider Law Limiting the Sale of Violent Video Games | 0.37 | 2.2 |
| 2005-06-23 | Justices Rule Cities Can Take Property for Private Development | 0.37 | 2.2 |
| 2007-12-10 | Court Restores Sentencing Powers of Federal Judges | 0.37 | 2.2 |
| 2020-03-20 | The Supreme Court stops all non-urgent legal proceedings at all levels across the country. The National Assembly also suspends its activity indefinitely. | 0.37 | 0.7 |
| 2011-06-29 | The Alderney Gambling Control Commission suspends Full Tilt Poker's gaming license prior to a hearing over an indictment by the United States Department of Justice. | 0.37 | 0.7 |
| 2004-06-21 | Keeping Names From Police Could Be Crime, Court Rules | 0.37 | 2.2 |
| 2020-04-20 | Supreme Court Bans Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts for Serious Crimes | 0.37 | 2.2 |
| 2006-09-25 | Presumption of guilt won't supply justice | 0.37 | 0.7 |
| 2006-06-13 | Justices Grant Death Row Inmate a New Hearing in 1985 Tennessee Murder | 0.37 | 3.9 |
| 2021-07-12 | The Supreme Court is set to determine if there was criminal contempt in preventing the Parliament to convene after the election which caused an ongoing dispute between the two prime ministers. | 0.37 | 0.7 |
| 2013-03-02 | A judge declines to throw out the case against actress Lindsay Lohan in which she is accused of lying to a California police officer after a car accident in 2012. | 0.36 | 0.7 |
| 2000-10-16 | Alarm at further limits on jury trials | 0.36 | 0.7 |
| 2016-04-04 | The Supreme Court decided two cases where businesses appealed the previous rulings, finding for the plaintiffs in both. The Court upheld a more than $150 million class action judgment on Walmart's tre | 0.36 | 0.7 |
| 2009-10-20 | Justices to Decide on U.S. Release of Detainees | 0.36 | 2.2 |
| 2020-01-13 | Death Sentence Overturned for Pervez Musharraf, Ex-Leader of Pakistan | 0.36 | 2.2 |
| 2023-03-30 | The Lahore High Court rules that Pakistan's sedition law is unconstitutional, on the grounds that it violates free speech. | 0.36 | 0.7 |
| 2007-06-25 | A Weakened McCain-Feingold | 0.36 | 2.8 |
| 2010-11-29 | The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses a case brought against the ruling Democrat Party by the election commission, saying the commission did not follow legal procedures. | 0.36 | 0.7 |
| 2001-09-01 | City briefing | 0.36 | 2.8 |
| 2019-05-15 | UK government security decisions can be challenged in court, judges rule | 0.36 | 0.7 |
| 2023-07-12 | Trump not entitled to immunity in Carroll defamation lawsuit, DoJ says | 0.36 | 0.7 |
| 2026-08-17 | US supreme court again rejects Trump’s bid to overturn E Jean Carroll verdict | 0.36 | 0.7 |
| 2003-06-18 | Court limits forcible medication | 0.35 | 0.7 |
| 2023-12-22 | Supreme court declines to expedite decision on Trump’s immunity claim in 2020 election case | 0.35 | 4.2 |