Ground News

institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Lowering the Bar image

News from Lowering the Bar

Your destination for news from Lowering the Bar. See how Lowering the Bar’s media bias impacts the breaking news stories of today.

In total, 13 have been published by Lowering the Bar which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

We’ve assigned a media bias rating of unknown to Lowering the Bar. You can read more about our methodology here.

We’ve assigned a rating of Unknown factuality to Lowering the Bar. You can read more about how we’ve determined Lowering the Bar’s credibility and reliability as a news source here: https://groundnews.lakegeneva.lib.wi.us/rating-system.

Information about Lowering the Bar

Where is Lowering the Bar located?Lowering the Bar's Website

Media Bias Ratings

Do you diasgree?

Edit bias

Learn more about Media Bias Ratings.

Factuality

Learn more about Factuality Ratings

Reveal Factuality Ratings by upgrading to a Premium account.

Tap Upgrade to explore subscription options to meet all your reading needs.

Ownership

Learn more about Ownership categories

Reveal Ownership Data by upgrading to a Vantage account.

Tap Upgrade to explore subscription options to meet all your reading needs.

Top Lowering the Bar News

Beaver activists claim they are 'doing God's work'

Activism · United Kingdom

Beaver activists claim they are 'doing God's work'

34% Center coverage: 3 sources

Justice Harlan on Dirty Movies: “By Jove! Extraordinary!”

Austin, Texas · Austin

Justice Harlan on Dirty Movies: “By Jove! Extraordinary!”

This isn’t news exactly, although it was to me when I saw it on Bluesky yesterday and thought it was one of the funniest things I had ever read: All of these legal tests, however, are quite vague. And the question of whether a particular film or photo has serious artistic value is rather obviously in the eye of the beholder. Hence Justice Potter Stewart’s infamous statement that he may not be able to come up with a coherent legal framework to d…Read Article

Man Forced to Concede His Lawyer Is “Not a Real Person”

United States · United States

Man Forced to Concede His Lawyer Is “Not a Real Person”

“May it please the Court,” began the person pictured in the lower right corner of the image above, “I come here today a humble pro se before a panel of five distinguished justices.” “Ok, hold on,” said one of those justices, probably having noticed there was no one standing behind the lectern. So whence cometh yon voice, she asked (or words to that effect)? It wasn’t impossible that the person speaking was appearing via Zoom or Zoom-like portal.…Read Article

Kentucky Man Unleashes Wild Raccoon in Crowded Bar After Previously Arriving on 'Malnourished' Mule: Police

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Jonathan Mason, a Kentucky man was arrested after unleashing a raccoon in a crowded bar months after riding in on a "malnourished" mule.Animal Cruelty · Kentucky See the Story

AI 'hallucinates' constantly, but there's a solution

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Neurosymbolic AI combines the learning of LLMs with teaching the machine formal rules that should make them more reliable and energy efficient.Artificial Intelligence See the Story

Idaho Passes Emergency Truck-Nuts Legislation

Question Presented: What is an “emergency” for legislative purposes? Brief Answer: Whatever the legislature says it is. In March, the Idaho Legislature declared that an “emergency” existed in that state requiring it to immediately criminalize the public exposure of (among other things) any human breast. Many of you are probably thinking, “wasn’t that already illegal in Idaho?” and the somewhat surprising answer is no. But it is now, and I guess …Idaho · Idaho Read Article

U.S. Supreme Court, 1795: FYI, You Guys Should Be Filing Briefs

I think I’ve previously written about the fact, which I find highly amusing, that for years after it was created the U.S. Supreme Court basically had nothing to do. This makes sense if you think about it: if you are creating a court system for the first time, like when Congress created the federal system in 1789, it’s going to be a while before new cases get to the top. And so, as the Supreme Court Historical Society tells us, the Court’s first …US Supreme Court · United States Read Article

Plaintiffs Allegedly Struck by Prosthetic Leg Flung From Carnival Ride

From the Louisiana bureau comes this report of a new case filed on May 11: The summary above—which, if the image is missing, says “Plaintiffs’ children suffered injuries when a prosthetic leg flew though the air off of [sic] a guest patron riding a separate ride and struck the children while on a ride”—turns out to be not quite accurate. Thanks to Courthouse News Network for posting the complaint (having also immediately realized the newsworthin…Jefferson Parish · Jefferson Parish Read Article

Judge Tells Lawyers to Apologize for Screaming at Philadelphia

At 5:30 a.m. on September 23, 2024, residents of a South Philadelphia neighborhood were awakened by the piercing, bloodcurdling screams of a woman in distress. Many rushed outside to help. What they found instead was some lawyers playing a 122-decibel recording of the piercing, bloodcurdling screams of a woman in distress. This continued for the next 60 minutes. Somehow, the lawyers survived this incident. Why all the screaming? That’s what U.S.…Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia Read Article

[Opinion] “Real Live Flesh and Blood Man” Still Subject to Australian Law

Why has a link to R v Sweet, a decision by a Queensland district court, been in my bookmarks bar for almost five years, probably? Two-part answer: (1) it’s one of several amusing opinions rejecting the nutball claims of so-called “sovereign citizens,” so it’s worth mentioning; and (2) I occasionally procrastinate. But I eventually get around to whatever it was, so here this one is. As do most of these people, the plaintiff contended that he has …Taxes · Queensland Read Article

Dragon Lawyers Ordered By Judge To Stop Watermarking Their Complaint With Huge Suit Wearing Dragon - Above the Law

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Good lawyers leave their mark on legal communities. Dragon Lawyers get asked to stop leaving their mark on each damned page of the complaint. In what has to be the best case for law schools to begin teaching a summer module on how to add watermarks to briefs, a Michigan based law firm decided to zhuzh up their legal writing with a picture. See for yourself: This is awesome – law firm called Dragon Lawyers filed court papers with this watermark …United States · United States See the Story

Breaking News Topics Related to Lowering the Bar