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Latest Fact-Checks In Supreme Court

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“Conservative Supreme Court Justices vote remotely to deny Wisconsin voters their right to vote remotely.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 9, 2020
Daniel Kelly
Daniel Kelly
stated on March 8, 2020 a TV interview
Says a Marquette professor called him a "maverick" and found no correlation between his opinions and conservative background.
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • March 27, 2020
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on August 26, 2019 a news conference
 "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win." 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • September 25, 2019
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 6, 2019 an op-ed
"One unnamed donor gave $17 million to the Leo-affiliated Judicial Crisis Network to block the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland and to support Gorsuch; then a donor — perhaps the same one — gave another $17 million to prop up Kavanaugh."
True
By John Kruzel • September 11, 2019
Roland Martin
Roland Martin
stated on July 21, 2019 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
Republicans "are advancing federal judges who won't even say that Brown vs. Board of Education was properly decided."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • July 25, 2019
Letitia James
Letitia James
stated on April 23, 2019 a news conference
"The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 30, 2019
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 3, 2019 a tweet
"FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 7, 2019
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 3, 2019 a speech
In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect,  "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors.
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • March 6, 2019
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 12, 2019 a press release
Says replacing NC Supreme Court Chief Justice with most experienced justice is a "longstanding, nonpartisan tradition."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 27, 2019
Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
stated on October 9, 2018 in an interview
The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."  
False
By John Kruzel • October 12, 2018
Jon Tester
Jon Tester
stated on October 4, 2018 in a debate
"Dark money is paying for over 80 percent of (Kavanaugh’s) ads."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • October 5, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 26, 2018 In a Facebook post
Says Christine Blasey Ford and her lawyer were photographed with George Soros, Hillary Clinton.
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • September 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 25, 2018 a blog post
"Kavanaugh accuser’s husband breaks his silence, exposes ‘sick issue’ his wife has."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 21, 2018 blog post headline
Says Brett "Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey exposed for ties to Big Pharma abortion pill maker… effort to derail Kavanaugh is plot to protect abortion industry profits."
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • September 25, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 17, 2018 in a blog post
"Kavanaugh accuser’s brother’s firm linked to Fusion GPS."
Pants on Fire!
By Kyra Haas • September 21, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 17, 2018 in a blog post
Says Brett Kavanaugh’s mother presided over foreclosure case against Christine Blasey Ford’s parents, which fueled motivation for sexual assault accusation.
False
By Kyra Haas • September 20, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2018 an exchange with reporters
On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 5, 2018 an interview
On considering U.S. Supreme Court nominees.  
Half Flip
September 13, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet
Says at his confirmation hearing Brett Kavanaugh said birth control methods could be considered "abortion-inducing drugs."
False
By Manuela Tobias • September 10, 2018
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 9, 2018 a tweet
Says Judge Brett Kavanaugh "ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was unconstitutional (reversed by full Circuit Court)."  
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • July 25, 2018
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