Latest Fact-Checks In Supreme Court

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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2015 an interview
Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.    
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April 13, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 24, 2015 a speech
Wisconsin requires, "by law, a photo ID to vote."
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January 30, 2015
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 13, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"This president has offered fewer executive actions than almost any other president preceding his presidency in recent history."
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By Lauren Carroll • July 13, 2014
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on May 27, 2014 a news release
Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row."
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By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2014
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on February 24, 2013 newspaper column
"Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review."
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By Janel Davis • April 3, 2013
Charles Cooper
Charles Cooper
stated on March 26, 2013 arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court
"Very few men outlive their own fertility."
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By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2013
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 10, 2012 in a mailer
Says Mitt Romney and George Allen "would overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to end safe, legal abortion even in cases of rape, incest or when a woman's life is at risk."
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By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2012
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on April 14, 2012 a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association
"We’ve got four Supreme Court justices who … signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense."  
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By Becky Bowers • April 23, 2012
Anthony Weiner
Anthony Weiner
stated on March 2, 2011 an interview on Fox News
"Under the clear letter of the law, (Justice Clarence Thomas) must recuse himself" from the case challenging the constitutionality of the health care law.
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March 7, 2011
stated on May 10, 2010 a column
Elena Kagan "has published five scholarly review articles, mostly on administrative law and the First Amendment. These articles were mostly on technical and procedural issues."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 17, 2010
Michael Savage
Michael Savage
stated on May 10, 2010 his website
"She (Kagan) took money from Goldman Sachs just like her boss, Obama."
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May 14, 2010
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."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 13, 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.
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June 1, 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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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May 26, 2009
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