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Chain email
stated on April 24, 2014 a chain email:

"The President wants the U.S. to sign on to the U.N.’s International Criminal Court."

False

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014

David Boies
stated on April 8, 2014 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

Chris Taylor
stated on March 11, 2014 a video:

"The Capitol rotunda was actually made to invite the people in and to accommodate protests."

True

By James B. Nelson • April 14, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on April 5, 2014 a campaign email:

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s repeal of a 2009 law has left Wisconsin as "one of five states without an equal pay law protecting women from gender discrimination in their paycheck."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • April 13, 2014

Linda Finn
stated on March 18, 2014 a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house:

"By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2014 viral posts on the Internet:

Says President Barack Obama's acceptance of an "Islamic order and gold medal" was "unconstitutional."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2014

Nancy Grace
stated on March 24, 2014 an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America":

Premeditation, in murder cases like the Oscar Pistorius case, "can be formed in the twinkling of an eye."

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • March 31, 2014

Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website:

Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.

Half-True

By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on February 10, 2014 an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor:

"As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted."

True

By Sue Owen • March 11, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on March 6, 2014 a speech at the CPAC conference:

Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2014

Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV interview:

Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."

False

By John Hill • March 10, 2014

Larry Pressler
stated on February 28, 2014 a campaign ad:

"American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down."

True

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014

Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 20, 2014 a press conference:

"Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2014

Ken Paxton
stated on January 24, 2014 a radio interview:

Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."

Mostly True

By Sue Owen • February 26, 2014

Leonidas Raptakis
stated on February 11, 2014 a news conference:

Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before they’re eligible for parole.

True

By John Hill • February 22, 2014

Hugh Thompson
stated on February 5, 2014 State of the Judiciary address:

"Six of Georgia’s counties have no lawyers at all."

True

By Nancy Badertscher • February 10, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 31, 2014 an interview with CNN:

"What is and isn't a Schedule I narcotic is a job for Congress."

Half-True

By Steve Contorno • February 4, 2014

Nan Orrock
stated on January 22, 2014 television interview:

Florida shelled out more money for drug testing than it saved by denying welfare benefits to people who tested positive for drugs.

True

By Nancy Badertscher • February 4, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview with CNN:

"Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.

False

By Steve Contorno • January 28, 2014

David Scott
stated on January 6, 2014 a letter:

President Barack Obama’s judicial appointments for Georgia and the region were drafted in secret and not vetted by legal groups among the president’s supporters.

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • January 17, 2014

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