A small Python audit that separates missing source dates from malformed values, preserves judge-page URLs and reports what a dated metadata snapshot can actually show. A court-rules index is a list of pages with dates attached, and a date is the field most likely to be empty. The Court Rules Judge Index snapshot for September 28, 2026 has 1,233 rows across 39 courts, and 486 of them carry no date at all. Before quoting any count from a file like this, run a quick audit of the dates. ...