{"id":2589081,"date":"2026-04-09T19:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ai-divining-supreme-court-rulings-signals-predictability-sonia-sotomayor\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:57:10","slug":"ai-divining-supreme-court-rulings-signals-predictability-sonia-sotomayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ai-divining-supreme-court-rulings-signals-predictability-sonia-sotomayor\/","title":{"rendered":"AI divining Supreme Court rulings signals predictability: Sonia Sotomayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fai-divining-supreme-court-rulings-signals-predictability-sonia-sotomayor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2589081&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned at the University of Alabama School of Law that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">artificial intelligence<\/a> is increasingly able too forecast how the Supreme Court will rule, suggesting the court may be \u201cway too predictable.\u201d She cautioned that AI outcomes reflect human input and could either aid or hinder the practice of law, emphasizing careful integration into the legal system. she did not name any specific AI models and said she learned of the topic from a colleague. A 2017 peer\u2011reviewed study found machine\u2011learning algorithms predicted about 71.9% of justices\u2019 votes and 70.2% of Supreme Court decisions from 1816-2015, implying modern AI could be even more accurate. Sotomayor urged Alabama law students to learn to use AI as a tool in their work and to master it before graduating. The article also notes that The Economist has begun using an AI tool to anticipate Supreme Court rulings, framing it as a lens on AI and politics rather then a replacement for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-establishes-generative-artificial-intelligence-task-force\/\" title=\"US Military forms ... Task Force\">human analysis<\/a>, including predictions about the outcome of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghans-brought-to-u-s-by-biden-deliver-250-children-securing-birthright-american-citizenship\/\" title=\"Afghans Brought to U.S. by Biden Deliver 250 Children, Securing Birthright American Citizenship\">birthright citizenship<\/a> case involving Donald Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Sonia Sotomayor says AI foreseeing Supreme Court rulings &lsquo;shows we&rsquo;re way too predictable&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2556443\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sonia-sotomayor\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1921\">Sonia Sotomayor<\/a> is concerned about a growing trend in which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1658\">artificial intelligence<\/a> models determine how the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a>, with a 6-3 conservative majority, is going to rule on any given case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It shows we&rsquo;re way too predictable,&rdquo; she said during a Thursday event at the University of Alabama School of Law. &ldquo;And we may not be stepping out of our normal thinking and opening our minds to new ideas enough if something like an AI system can actually predict with that high a level of success what the outcome will be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 71-year-old liberal justice did not point to any specific AI models, such as Anthropic&rsquo;s Claude or OpenAI&rsquo;s ChatGPT, responsible for predicting the outcome of certain cases but noted she was made aware of the topic by a colleague.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A machine-learning algorithm accurately predicted 71.9% of the justices&rsquo; votes and 70.2% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-overturns-chevron-doctrine-upends-administrative-state\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Overturns Chevron Doctrine, Upends Administrative State\">high court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s decisions between 1816 and 2015, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0174698\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0174698\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >2017 peer-reviewed study<\/a><\/a>. That success rate may be higher now that AI models have progressed significantly since then.<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor is cautious about how the rapidly advancing technology will be incorporated into law practice and the court system in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;AI is a sophisticated human,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It is &mdash; all of its input is input from human beings. And because it is that, it has the potential to perpetuate the very best in us and the very worst in us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, she recommended that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alabama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1172\">Alabama<\/a> law students attending the event use AI to streamline their work.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do not graduate this institution without learning how to master AI as a tool,&rdquo; Sotomayor advised.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4521804\/anthropic-loses-bid-block-pentagon-supply-chain-risk-designation\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4521804\/anthropic-loses-bid-block-pentagon-supply-chain-risk-designation\/\">ANTHROPIC LOSES BID TO BLOCK PENTAGON&rsquo;S &lsquo;SUPPLY CHAIN RISK&rsquo; DESIGNATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Economist<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheEconomist\/status\/1931082684006035505\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheEconomist\/status\/1931082684006035505\">started employing<\/a> an AI tool last summer to anticipate the end result of rulings handed down by the Supreme Court. At the time, the British publication assured its readers that &ldquo;SCOTUSbot does not threaten to replace human analysis of the American justice&rsquo;s work&rdquo; but it instead &ldquo;offers a lens on AI itself, and may shed light on the role of politics in the court.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <em>Economist<\/em> said its AI bot believes President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> will lose his administration&rsquo;s case against birthright citizenship. A final decision on the issue will come by the end of June or the start of July when the justices recess for the summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI predicting SCOTUS rulings signals predictability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2589082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26089434198841_76c2d9.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51738,77488,11029,32275],"class_list":["post-2589081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ai-2","tag-predictability","tag-sotomayor","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26089434198841_76c2d9.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589081"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2589085,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589081\/revisions\/2589085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2589082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2589081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2589081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}