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How the coverage framed it

The two-point bias spread here reflects a modest but identifiable framing difference. The centrist outlet neutralnews chose the verb "Lets," which describes the Court's action without assigning a value judgment, while also referencing a neutral "Expanded Database" rather than naming a political winner or loser. The Federalist, by contrast, used "Restores," a word that implies the program had been wrongly interrupted and that its reinstatement is a correction — a framing consistent with a conservative victory narrative. The Federalist also foregrounded "Noncitizens On Voter Rolls" as the explicit rationale, language that carries electoral-integrity connotations common in right-leaning discourse. NeutralNews referenced the same underlying activity through the more administrative phrase "Check Voter Rolls." The overall spread is relatively contained; both headlines agree on the Court's basic action, differing primarily in whether that action is cast as a neutral procedural development or a meaningful policy restoration.