In Contempt of Court (opens in new tab)

The 2021 Supreme Court, from left: Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, Stephen Breyer, Amy Coney Barrett, and Sonia Sotomayor. A.I. models incorrectly predict that most Supreme Court cases will be decided along party lines. The real culprit isn’t the algorithm—it’s us By Sarah Isgur Feliciano v. Department of Transportation (2025) was decided 5–4, making it, by definition, one of the most contentious cases of that term. When the military ca...