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Latest Fact-Checks In Supreme Court

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 10, 2023 a speech
In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”
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By Grace Abels, Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 16, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 24, 2022 a speech
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights.
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By Madison Czopek • June 24, 2022
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on May 2, 2022 a tweet.
“Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett assured the Senate Judiciary Committee and the American people that Roe v. Wade was ‘established precedent.’”
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By Warren Fiske • May 5, 2022
Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Toobin
stated on May 2, 2022 an interview on CNN
“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”
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By Madison Czopek • May 4, 2022
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on January 30, 2022 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“Clarence Thomas is about to become the only member of the current Supreme Court who was nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate controlled by the other party.”
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By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 27, 2020 a speech
Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 28, 2020
Michigan Democratic Party
Michigan Democratic Party
stated on September 24, 2020 an email
“James is the only Senate candidate in a battleground state who has refused to take a position” on whether the Senate should promptly vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
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By Clara Hendrickson • September 25, 2020
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on August 26, 2019 a news conference
 "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win." 
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By Chris Nichols • September 25, 2019
Roland Martin
Roland Martin
stated on July 21, 2019 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
Republicans "are advancing federal judges who won't even say that Brown vs. Board of Education was properly decided."
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By Bill McCarthy • July 25, 2019
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 3, 2019 a tweet
"FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 7, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 9, 2018 a tweet
Says Judge Brett Kavanaugh "ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was unconstitutional (reversed by full Circuit Court)."  
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • July 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2017 the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting
"For the first time in the modern political era, we have confirmed a new justice in the first 100 days."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 28, 2017
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on October 29, 2016 a private meeting with supporters
"I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • November 3, 2016
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on June 14, 2016 a campaign ad
Says "he fought Obama at the Supreme Court — and won."
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By George Ash • October 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2016 remarks at a Planned Parenthood event
As a result of Roe vs. Wade, "America’s maternal mortality rate dropped dramatically."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • June 24, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview
"People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles."  
Mostly True
June 24, 2016
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 31, 2016 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Says Obama "called Kagan a moderate. He called Sotomayor a moderate."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 7, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 TV ad
Says the GOP is "helping pay for" Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign and "she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for" by Scott Walker's "lobbyist friends."  
Mostly True
March 31, 2016
Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview
Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."
Mostly True
March 30, 2016
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 9, 2014 a TV ad
Says Rick Scott "thinks employers should be able to deny women coverage for birth control."
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By Amy Sherman • September 11, 2014
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