Au contraire, mon freep. If an excerpt is so brief as to leave one in mystery as to the gist of the article, then it acts as 'bait' upon the reader, and prompts them to click through to the full article.
A proper excerpt contains enough basic information for the reader to understand the central thrust of the story, and thus spurs discussion. The beauty is that those who want more details, can always click through to read the whole piece.
This is your opinion. You are entitled to it.
In this instance, it was simply a notification of a breaking Supreme Court decision, with a link if you wanted additional details.