Weekly civic intelligence report ยท v2.2
Religious leaders organize opposition to Trump administration immigration enforcement policies, representing institutional resistance.
This event represents religious leaders organizing opposition to immigration enforcement policies - a form of civil society resistance, not constitutional damage. The mechanism is explicitly 'norm_erosion_only' but no actual norm erosion is occurring; clergy opposition to government policy is a normal democratic function and represents institutional checks working as designed. No constitutional drivers are triggered: no election interference, no rule of law breakdown (enforcement of immigration law is executive function), no separation of powers violation (clergy are not government actors), no civil rights violations documented (opposition to policy โ rights violation), no institutional capture, no corruption, no violence. The mechanism_modifier is 0.0 because norm_erosion_only without demonstrated damage yields zero score per framework rules. A-score: 0. B-score shows moderate media appeal (religious leaders vs Trump = familiar narrative frame, media-friendly visuals) but limited viral potential. Layer 1: outrage_bait=2 (partisan angle but predictable), meme_ability=1 (low), novelty=1 (clergy opposition is recurring theme), media_friendliness=3 (good visuals, clear narrative). Layer 2: modest strategic indicators with narrative_pivot=2 (immigration debate reframing) and pattern_match=2 (fits resistance narrative). No intentionality indicators for coordinated distraction. Final B=13.35. Classification: A<25, mechanism yields zero, multiple noise indicators present = Noise. This is civil society functioning normally, not constitutional crisis.
Disregard as noise. Religious institutional opposition to government policy represents normal democratic discourse and civil society checks on executive power. Monitor only if clergy face government retaliation (would trigger rule_of_law/civil_rights) or if immigration enforcement itself involves constitutional violations (separate scoring event). Do not conflate policy disagreement with constitutional damage.