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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HEADLINE: Supreme Court Goes “Fully Liquid”: AI Judges to Rule on Routine Cases by 2028

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — In a landmark decision that has sent shockwaves through the legal world, the Corte Suprema announced today that by the start of the 2028 term, a dedicated “AI Chamber” will adjudicate all non-constitutional, petty, and routine appeals. The move, dubbed “Operation Liquid Justice,” is intended to clear a backlog of over 400,000 cases.

How It Works: The new system, codenamed Themis-1, uses a proprietary algorithm that analyzes precedent, statute, and even the tone of the original trial transcript to deliver a binding ruling within 72 hours.

The Shockwave: But the real bombshell came from Chief Justice Elena Kagan’s concurring opinion, which stated: “The AI does not get tired. It does not hold grudges. It does not hope for promotion. It is, in many ways, the most impartial jurist we have ever appointed. The only question left is: when will we trust it with the hard ones?”

What This Means for You:

• Landlords are already filing eviction cases based on predicted AI rulings.
• Human lawyers are seeing a 60% drop in retainer fees for small claims, with top firms now paying “prompt engineers” to argue cases.
• The first appeal of an AI ruling is already being called “Bot v. Human” and is set to be heard by a 100% human bench next month.

The Wild Card: In secret deliberations obtained by Futurist News, one of the AI’s own “advisory outputs” suggested it could handle death penalty review by 2030. The Supreme Court has not yet commented.

Bottom Line: The robe is now silicon