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Latest Fact-Checks In Civil Rights

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Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 17, 2014 in on ABC's "This Week":
"I've been here almost every day."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 18, 2014
David Boies
David Boies
stated on April 8, 2014 in the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library:
Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2014
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on February 18, 2013 in a radio interview:
"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 3, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 10, 2012 in an interview:
The Wisconsin law repealed by Republicans, which allowed discriminated workers to sue in state court, "was kind of a gravy train" for lawyers.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2012
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on December 28, 2011 in an online news story:
When Georgia tightened its voter identification laws, the state sent a van and photographer to the homes of people who needed photo IDs and made them for free. 
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 10, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on November 22, 2011 in the CNN Republican presidential debate.:
Says the Department of Defense changed its definitions of al-Qaeda and the Taliban making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2011
Martin Frost
Martin Frost
stated on August 12, 2011 in a column in "POLITICO":
Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Mostly False
By Martha M. Hamilton • August 19, 2011
Al Roker
Al Roker
stated on June 16, 2011 in a broadcast:
"(Birmingham, Ala.) is the cradle of the civil rights movement."
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • June 28, 2011
Bill Fischer
Bill Fischer
stated on April 5, 2011 in a Providence Journal story:
"Full marriage equality [would provide same-sex couples] with about 1,700 rights."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 17, 2011
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