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Latest Fact-Checks In Supreme Court

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Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on April 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"
John Paul Stevens is the only Protestant on the U.S. Supreme Court.
True
By Catharine Richert • April 14, 2010
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on April 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"No one questioned that she (Judge Sotomayor) was out of the mainstream."
False
April 13, 2010
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on April 11, 2010 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week"
"President Obama himself attempted to filibuster Justice Alito, who now sits on the Supreme Court."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 the State of the Union address
"Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 21, 2010 a press conference
"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 22, 2010
Presente.org
Presente.org
stated on July 13, 2009 a radio ad
Rep. Adam Putnam was silent when Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a racist.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 14, 2009
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on July 13, 2009 a Senate hearing
"Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 13, 2009
Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
stated on July 12, 2009 a television interview
A new Rasmussen poll shows people "oppose (Sotomayor's) confirmation. Only 37 percent support it."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 13, 2009
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on July 1, 2009 a column in Human Events.
"Obama's Justice-designate Sotomayor threw out (the New Haven firefighters') lawsuit in a sneaky, unsigned opinion -- the judicial equivalent of 'talk to the hand.'"
False
July 10, 2009
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 3, 2009 a statement on the Human Events Web site
On calling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist.
Full Flop
By Catharine Richert • June 3, 2009
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 31, 2009 a CNN interview
"The Department of Justice, under the Obama administration, disagrees with the decision" Judge Sotomayor made in the Ricci vs. DeStefano case.
Half-True
June 1, 2009
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 26, 2009 his radio program
Sotomayor "ruled against the white firefighter — Ricci and other white firefighters — just on the basis that she thought women and minorities should be given a preference because of their skin color and because of the history of discrimination in the past. The law was totally disregarded."
Mostly False
May 28, 2009
Libertarian National Committee
Libertarian National Committee
stated on May 26, 2009 a press release from May 26, 2009
"Sotomayor has had her rulings thrown out by the court a troubling four times."
Half-True
By Catharine Richert • May 27, 2009
Judicial Confirmation Network
Judicial Confirmation Network
stated on May 26, 2009 a released statement
Sotomayor thinks "that one’s sex, race and ethnicity ought to affect the decisions one renders from the bench."
Half-True
May 27, 2009
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 26, 2009 a speech at the White House.
"Walking in the door (Sonia Sotomayor) would bring more experience on the bench, and more varied experience on the bench, than anyone currently serving on the United States Supreme Court had when they were appointed."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 26, 2009
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on May 26, 2009 a talking points memo
Judge Sotomayor has said "that policy is made on the U.S. Court of Appeals."
Half-True
May 26, 2009
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