Latest Fact-Checks In Legal Issues

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Pink Pony
Pink Pony
stated on July 11, 2013 an ad
The city of Brookhaven’s ordinance could cause the Pink Pony to close, thereby "putting 300 Pink Pony employees out of work in this economy."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • July 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden
"My judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my Republican predecessor."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2013
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova
stated on May 5, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"In 29 states in this country you can still get fired for not just being gay, but if your employer thinks you are gay."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2013
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on April 14, 2013 a TV appearance.
Federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are "down 40 percent" under President Barack Obama.
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • May 1, 2013
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
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
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
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."
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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
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on August 16, 2012 a graphic on the Internet
Paul Ryan would "outlaw in vitro fertilization."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 9, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.
Says he "passed" eight measures, including ones to prevent groping at airport security checks and to bar "sanctuary" cities in Texas.  
Half-True
By Tara Merrigan • July 3, 2012
John Carter
John Carter
stated on June 18, 2012 a radio interview.
Says the Constitution "specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy," so Barack Obama lacks the authority to defer the deportation of young illegal immigrants.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2012
John Matson
John Matson
stated on April 26, 2012 an interview on State of the State
"Jimmy Langevin is having a fundraiser . . . to retire the debt from his campaign for secretary of state, which was 12 years ago."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 20, 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."  
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • April 23, 2012
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 12, 2012 a press release
Says his Texas election fraud investigations have resulted in 50 convictions.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • April 17, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 21, 2012 remarks after winning the South Carolina Republican presidential primary
Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word ‘benediction,’ the word ‘invocation,’ the word ‘God,’ asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 12, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on November 18, 2011 a fundraising letter
Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’
Half-True
By Lynn Arditi • January 1, 2012
John Birch Society
John Birch Society
stated on November 4, 2011 an article on the group's website
Under a Wisconsin bill, "minor offenses such as violating pet leash laws, seat belt laws, parking infractions, etc., would now be arrestable offenses."
Half-True
November 14, 2011
George Nee
George Nee
stated on October 19, 2011 a pension forum
"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 23, 2011
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