Trump Wants to End Affirmative Action

This scores as List A (Constitutional Damage > Distraction). A-score: Civil rights driver scores 4.5 (major federal policy shift affecting protected class protections and equal protection enforcement), election 3.5 (significant campaign promise with electoral implications), rule_of_law 3 (changes enforcement of civil rights statutes), separation 2 (executive action on civil rights policy). Policy_change mechanism adds 15% modifier, federal scope adds 20%. Severity: durability 1.2 (requires legislative reversal), reversibility 0.9 (administratively reversible but precedent-setting), precedent 1.1 (shifts 60+ years of civil rights policy). Final A: 35.68. B-score: High outrage_bait (8) on polarizing issue, strong media_friendliness (7), moderate meme_ability (5), lower novelty (3, recurring debate). Layer 2: pattern_match (5, fits culture war narrative), timing (4, early administration), narrative_pivot (3), mismatch (2). Intentionality moderate (8) - clear wedge issue and base mobilization but substantive policy change. Final B: 22.47. Delta: +13.21 clearly exceeds +10 threshold for List A classification.