Pittsburgh Jock Tax on Visiting Athletes Struck Down
Classify as routine local governance noise. No monitoring required. Standard municipal tax authority dispute with no federal constitutional dimensions or distraction characteristics.
Local tax policy court decision with minimal constitutional implications. Rule_of_law driver scores 1 for routine judicial review of municipal tax authority. Severity multipliers at 0.8 reflect easily reversible local policy with limited precedential value. Mechanism_modifier 0.5 (no federal mechanism), scope_modifier 0.3 (local/narrow). A-score: 1*0.18*0.8*0.8*0.8*0.5*0.3=0.096. B-score shows mild novelty/meme potential ('jock tax' terminology) but no strategic distraction indicators. Layer1: (1+2+2+2)/4*0.55=1.925. Layer2: 0. Intent_weight: 0.10. Final B: 1.925+0*0.45*1.1=3.85. Clear noise: A<25, no mechanism, routine local tax dispute, narrow affected population.