The Supreme Court upheld the Federal Communications Commission's multi-billion-dollar mechanism for expanding phone and ...

The complicated and risky nature of replacing IT suppliers in major government contracts means Fujitsu will be cashing in for ...

With limited local expertise or access to balanced research, news media in these regions fall prey to the fallacy of appeal to authority — accepting any claim published by the BBC or The ...

Iraq’s highest judicial authority, the Federal Supreme Court, is set to look into a crucial appeal on Wednesday, filed separately by the country’s president and premier, seeking to reinstate ...

No sane person expects a doctor to sit down and explain biochemistry before treatment. Because appeals to authority and credentials are part of the social contract.

A judge ruled Trump’s firing of NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox unlawful. The Trump administration appealed, asserting the president’s authority to remove officials.

Trump might have started lobbing logical fallacies at business rivals in closed-door real estate negotiations decades ago, tested them in public on the advice of his old legal enforcer Roy Cohn as ...

A quick guide to logical fallacies. Fallacies include ad hominem, appeals to authority, the fallacy fallacy, circular arguments, etc.

This fallacy occurs when someone argues that an action is justified or acceptable simply because it is done in the name of one's country or patriotism, regardless of whether it violates laws or ...

A barrister has been refused permission to appeal against the refusal of two appeals connected to a dispute within the Liberal Democrats over her expulsion from the party. Barrister Josephine ...

An appeal to authority relies on trust as a heuristic — it’s a practical, if sometimes faulty, measure that can save work.

Pete Hegseth's book (Fox News) No wonder the media is using the appeal to authority fallacy to smear Hegseth. Who is this guy, they mutter. Well, he's a two-time Bronze Star winner. I've got three.