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Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on April 12, 2013 a TV interview
Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, "they really don't legally have the right to take it away from them."
Half-True
By Michael McKinney • April 23, 2013
John Duncan
John Duncan
stated on April 13, 2013 a letter to a constituent
"Well over 90 percent of felony cases, all over the nation, are committed by defendants who grew up in father-absent households."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2013
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 14, 2013 comments on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
Says President Barack Obama "has allowed, each year he's been here, the prosecutions of gun cases (for background check failures) to go down. ... They've declined every year since President Bush left office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2013
Ban the Box RI
Ban the Box RI
stated on March 20, 2013 a video posted on YouTube
"In Rhode Island, 28 percent of adults released from state prisons are re-incarcerated within a year."
True
By Michael McKinney • April 15, 2013
Patience Roggensack
Patience Roggensack
stated on March 27, 2013 a radio interview
On recusing herself from cases after receiving a campaign contribution
No Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • March 29, 2013
Ed Fallone
Ed Fallone
stated on March 22, 2013 debate comments
On changing the rules governing judicial conflicts of interest
Half Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • March 29, 2013
Charles Cooper
Charles Cooper
stated on March 26, 2013 arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court
"Very few men outlive their own fertility."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2013
Ed Fallone
Ed Fallone
stated on March 6, 2013 an interview
"The majority of my contributions have been from private individuals" giving $125 on average, "not from PACs, not from groups."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 13, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 6, 2013 a Senate filibuster speech
"When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2013
John Roberts
John Roberts
stated on February 27, 2013 a Supreme Court oral argument
"Do you know which state has the worst ratio of white voter turnout to African-American voter turnout? Massachusetts. Do you know what has the best, where African-American turnout actually exceeds white turnout? Mississippi."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2013
Ed Fallone
Ed Fallone
stated on February 5, 2013 an interview
Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices are "deciding fewer opinions in civil and criminal cases than they used to."
False
February 18, 2013
Patience Roggensack
Patience Roggensack
stated on February 6, 2013 a campaign TV ad
Says she heard more than 2,400 cases as a Wisconsin appeals court judge  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 17, 2013
Brian Patrick Kennedy
Brian Patrick Kennedy
stated on February 6, 2013 a news release
Employers and schools have no right to conduct "surveillance of a dorm room or a worker’s cubicle."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 17, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address
"Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts" to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013
National Organization for Marriage
National Organization for Marriage
stated on January 17, 2013 a newspaper ad
"Religious groups like Knights of Columbus have been forced to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their facilities, against their beliefs."
Pants on Fire!
By Michael McKinney • January 27, 2013
Christopher Plante
Christopher Plante
stated on January 13, 2013 an interview
"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 23, 2013
Protect Families First
Protect Families First
stated on January 10, 2013 a news release
"The average age of first marijuana use is 12."
False
By Michael McKinney • January 20, 2013
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on December 12, 2012 a newsletter
"In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent."
False
January 16, 2013
Vince Megna
Vince Megna
stated on January 1, 2013 a statement on campaign website
"200 consumer laws were destroyed" in 2011 when Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 92.  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 14, 2013
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