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Latest Fact-Checks In Supreme Court

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 10, 2020 in a comment to reporters:
Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Amy Coney Barrett has said that a woman should not be able to own property, buy or sell without the permission of her husband or a male relative.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Merrick Garland is investigating Donald Trump’s “tax evasion case.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 29, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 27, 2020 in a speech:
Says Amy Coney Barrett “has a written track record, disagreeing adamantly with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA. In fact, she publicly criticized Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion upholding the law eight years ago.”
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 28, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, Amy Coney Barrett has said her “end goal is to end the separation of church and state & build a ‘Kingdom of God’ in the United States.”
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says President Trump tweeted that it’s “not fair for a president to leave office because of BAD votes!” and that the Supreme Court “should decide the presidency at every election.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 27, 2020
Michigan Democratic Party
Michigan Democratic Party
stated on September 24, 2020 in an email:
“James is the only Senate candidate in a battleground state who has refused to take a position” on whether the Senate should promptly vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • September 25, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Judge Amy Coney Barrett said that “gays have a right to be discriminated against because they are against God’s wishes” and that “white people are God’s chosen ones.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • September 25, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2020 in an image:
Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.”
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • September 23, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 19, 2020 in a statement:
On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • September 22, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 19, 2020 in interviews:
On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • September 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 22, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech:
“The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 22, 2020
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on September 18, 2020 in a statement:
On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
Full Flop
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2020
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on September 18, 2020 in a tweet:
On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
Full Flop
By Miriam Valverde • September 22, 2020
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet:
On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.
Full Flop
By Jon Greenberg • September 21, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says John F. Kennedy said, "If a Supreme Court Justice died one day before the election, it would be more Constitutional to indefinitely postpone the election than postpone the confirmation a single day."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 21, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech in Philadelphia:
“There's no court session between now and the end of this election.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 18, 2020 in on social media:
“4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 19, 2020 in a faked screenshot:
Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg tweeted, “I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.”
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • September 20, 2020
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