Authority Card - Legal Sources as Data Step by Step

Authority cards display recomputed source metadata without ranking sources. Honesty note: jurisdiction US; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice; code encodes the stated-rule interpretation.

Structured Visual

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

highlighted = computed this step

Render honesty note

Honesty note: jurisdiction US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; code encodes the stated-rule interpretation for this lesson.

\text{US as of }2026-06-24

The card starts from source text

The author supplies source text and citation 28 U.S.C. sec. 1332(a). The stated model treats those as input fields for a display card.

\text{citation}=28 U.S.C. sec. 1332(a)

Example display data is derived

The card display recomputes token count 1 and a source hash instead of trusting an authored sidecar.

\text{token count}=1

The diagram shows derived fields

The display graph has 3 nodes and 2 edges from source text to card to displayed fields.

\text{nodes}=3,\quad \text{edges}=2

Diagram note

The authority card is metadata for review. It does not rank the source.

\text{metadata card only}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.