WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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.
The nation's highest court, long revered as having the final say on all legal matters in the United States, now faces increased criticism following the introduction of the ABS system that allows either party making arguments before the court to tap their heads after a ruling is issued to have it immediately reviewed.
"This really makes us look bad," said Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "Just this week, we had three bad calls overturned after the Trump administration's counsel tapped their heads and looked over to the review booth. It certainly casts us in a poor light when we're publicly reprimanded in such an abrupt way."
The new challenge system caused an immediate stir this week, as the court heard arguments on birthright citizenship, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson positing that foreign nationals who come to the country illegally and commit crimes could then be considered as having allegiance to America.
"Challenge!" said U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer, who presented the Trump administration's case, as he tapped his head.
Jackson's statement was immediately ruled as being wrong, resulting in grumbles from her fellow justices. "Geez, she's killing us out there," Justice Elena Kagan was heard saying. "That's her fifth overturned statement today."
At publishing time, Chief Justice John Roberts had ejected a liberal attorney for arguing that there were more than two genders.
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