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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points and no meaningful ideological divide detectable in the headlines. Most outlets relied on procedural, wire-style language — phrases like "agrees to review," "takes up challenge," and "Supreme Court will decide" — that describe the Court's action without editorializing. The primary variation was stylistic rather than ideological: CNN and Axios adopted a more conversational, reader-directed register ("Can you make whiskey at home?" and "Could you soon make your own moonshine?"), while outlets like the Boston Globe and New York Post favored straightforward legal phrasing. Reason stood apart only in its technical specificity, referencing the "Necessary and Proper Clause," which reflects its policy-oriented audience rather than any ideological lean. No outlet used loaded or advocacy-driven language, and the historical framing — "Reconstruction-era" or "160-year-old ban" — appeared consistently and neutrally across the coverage.