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Latest Fact-Checks In Supreme Court

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 29, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Merrick Garland is investigating Donald Trump’s “tax evasion case.”
False
September 29, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 27, 2020 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 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 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 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 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
September 25, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2020 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
September 21, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 20, 2020 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 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 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”
False
By Chris Nichols • July 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2020 Facebook post
Under an 1866 Supreme Court ruling, stay-at-home orders are illegal and can be disregarded with impunity
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Venezky • May 13, 2020
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