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Undercovered High-Damage

Week 20: May 11 – May 17, 2025 · 🔒 FROZEN

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These are events where constitutional damage (A-score) far exceeds the media attention they receive (B-score). An Attention Budget below −15 means the event is getting less coverage than its real-world impact warrants — the public should know more about these.

Undercovered (2)
DHS Requests 20,000 National Guard Troops for Immigration Roundups
Enforcement Actionfederal · narrow
3 sources
A
60.2
B
37.9
-22 BALANCED
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING

MONITOR: Track actual deployment numbers vs request, legal challenges (Posse Comitatus, Fourth Amendment), scope of operations, state cooperation/resistance, precedent establishment for future military domestic use, and any mission creep beyond stated immigration enforcement.

DOJ May Drop Case Against Boeing Over Deadly 737 Max Crashes
Enforcement Actionfederal · narrow
3 sources
A
41.6
B
20.2
-21 BALANCED
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING

Monitor for: (1) actual DOJ decision and stated rationale, (2) any quid-pro-quo indicators (Boeing contracts, revolving door movements, campaign contributions), (3) comparative treatment of similar corporate criminal cases, (4) Congressional oversight response, (5) whether families' legal standing is preserved for civil action. This represents core rule-of-law degradation requiring documentation of precedent-setting implications for corporate criminal accountability.

All List A Events (1)
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Bid to Expedite Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act
Judicial/Legal Actionfederal · narrow
12 sources
A
22.8
B
14.6
-8 BALANCED