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humor Babylon Bee 2026-04-03

SCOTUS Roasts New 'Automated Bench Scrutiny' System as 'Judicial Umpire' Overreach

The Supreme Court is having a field day with its new 'Automated Bench Scrutiny' system, which it's now calling a 'judicial umpire' – because, you know, that's exactly what it is.


<img src="https://media.babylonbee.com/articles/69d0088bb5ff769d0088bb5ff8.jpg" style="width: 100%;" width="400" /><p>WASHINGTON, D.C. β€” Similar to the reaction of umpires to Major League Baseball's adoption of its new "Automated Ball-Strike System" to challenge calls, the United States Supreme Court has denounced the new "Automated Bench Scrutiny" system implemented to determine whether they decided a case wrong.</p>

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