Latest False Fact-checks in Supreme Court 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.” 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." 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.” 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.” Facebook posts stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!” Stephen Carter stated on October 9, 2018 in in an interview: The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up." Bloggers stated on September 25, 2018 in a blog post: "Kavanaugh accuser’s husband breaks his silence, exposes ‘sick issue’ his wife has." Bloggers stated on September 17, 2018 in 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. Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2018 in an exchange with reporters: On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that." Kamala Harris stated on September 7, 2018 in a tweet: Says at his confirmation hearing Brett Kavanaugh said birth control methods could be considered "abortion-inducing drugs." Bloggers stated on June 30, 2018 in a blog post: "Justice Kennedy quit because he and his son helped Trump launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank." Howard Dean stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet: "Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment." Sean Hannity stated on February 9, 2017 in on Fox News: The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is "the most overturned court in the country." Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2017 in a tweet: Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam. Chris Collins stated on August 1, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC.: Hillary Clinton "has already said she's going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment" National Rifle Association stated on August 10, 2016: Says Hillary Clinton "doesn’t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense." John Whitbeck stated on March 28, 2016 in an email: Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted to uphold" D.C.’s ban on handguns. Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday": Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year." Bill O'Reilly stated on March 16, 2016 in an episode of "The O'Reilly Factor": Says Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted, so the folks know, in Washington, D.C., to keep guns away from private citizens." Paul Ryan stated on February 23, 2016 in an interview: "There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election." Nevada State Democratic Party stated on February 23, 2016 in a press release: "Every Republican Senate candidate has now announced whether or not they support the Senate taking up the Supreme Court vacancy…except for Congressman Heck." Cory Gardner stated on February 24, 2016 in a talk show: "It's been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee." Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges. Chris Christie stated on January 15, 2016 in a Republican debate on Fox Business Network in South Carolina on Fox Business Network : "I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor." Chris Cuomo stated on May 6, 2015 in a Tweet: "Hate speech is excluded from protection" under the First Amendment. Newt Gingrich stated on July 6, 2014 in interview on ABC's "This Week": Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision. Bob Goodlatte stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority." Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore." Pat Toomey stated on February 24, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal": Says Debo Adegbile "was nominated to serve as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals" and "was abruptly withdrawn by the administration." Ed Fallone stated on February 5, 2013 in an interview: Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices are "deciding fewer opinions in civil and criminal cases than they used to."
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.” 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." 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.” 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.” Facebook posts stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!” Stephen Carter stated on October 9, 2018 in in an interview: The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up." Bloggers stated on September 25, 2018 in a blog post: "Kavanaugh accuser’s husband breaks his silence, exposes ‘sick issue’ his wife has." Bloggers stated on September 17, 2018 in 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. Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2018 in an exchange with reporters: On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that." Kamala Harris stated on September 7, 2018 in a tweet: Says at his confirmation hearing Brett Kavanaugh said birth control methods could be considered "abortion-inducing drugs." Bloggers stated on June 30, 2018 in a blog post: "Justice Kennedy quit because he and his son helped Trump launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank." Howard Dean stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet: "Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment." Sean Hannity stated on February 9, 2017 in on Fox News: The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is "the most overturned court in the country." Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2017 in a tweet: Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam. Chris Collins stated on August 1, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC.: Hillary Clinton "has already said she's going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment" National Rifle Association stated on August 10, 2016: Says Hillary Clinton "doesn’t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense." John Whitbeck stated on March 28, 2016 in an email: Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted to uphold" D.C.’s ban on handguns. Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday": Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year." Bill O'Reilly stated on March 16, 2016 in an episode of "The O'Reilly Factor": Says Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted, so the folks know, in Washington, D.C., to keep guns away from private citizens." Paul Ryan stated on February 23, 2016 in an interview: "There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election." Nevada State Democratic Party stated on February 23, 2016 in a press release: "Every Republican Senate candidate has now announced whether or not they support the Senate taking up the Supreme Court vacancy…except for Congressman Heck." Cory Gardner stated on February 24, 2016 in a talk show: "It's been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee." Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges. Chris Christie stated on January 15, 2016 in a Republican debate on Fox Business Network in South Carolina on Fox Business Network : "I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor." Chris Cuomo stated on May 6, 2015 in a Tweet: "Hate speech is excluded from protection" under the First Amendment. Newt Gingrich stated on July 6, 2014 in interview on ABC's "This Week": Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision. Bob Goodlatte stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority." Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore." Pat Toomey stated on February 24, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal": Says Debo Adegbile "was nominated to serve as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals" and "was abruptly withdrawn by the administration." Ed Fallone stated on February 5, 2013 in an interview: Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices are "deciding fewer opinions in civil and criminal cases than they used to."
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.”
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."
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.”
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.”
Facebook posts stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”
Stephen Carter stated on October 9, 2018 in in an interview: The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."
Bloggers stated on September 25, 2018 in a blog post: "Kavanaugh accuser’s husband breaks his silence, exposes ‘sick issue’ his wife has."
Bloggers stated on September 17, 2018 in 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.
Donald Trump stated on September 18, 2018 in an exchange with reporters: On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."
Kamala Harris stated on September 7, 2018 in a tweet: Says at his confirmation hearing Brett Kavanaugh said birth control methods could be considered "abortion-inducing drugs."
Bloggers stated on June 30, 2018 in a blog post: "Justice Kennedy quit because he and his son helped Trump launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank."
Howard Dean stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet: "Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment."
Sean Hannity stated on February 9, 2017 in on Fox News: The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is "the most overturned court in the country."
Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2017 in a tweet: Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.
Chris Collins stated on August 1, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC.: Hillary Clinton "has already said she's going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment"
National Rifle Association stated on August 10, 2016: Says Hillary Clinton "doesn’t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense."
John Whitbeck stated on March 28, 2016 in an email: Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted to uphold" D.C.’s ban on handguns.
Mitch McConnell stated on March 20, 2016 in "Fox News Sunday": Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."
Bill O'Reilly stated on March 16, 2016 in an episode of "The O'Reilly Factor": Says Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted, so the folks know, in Washington, D.C., to keep guns away from private citizens."
Paul Ryan stated on February 23, 2016 in an interview: "There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."
Nevada State Democratic Party stated on February 23, 2016 in a press release: "Every Republican Senate candidate has now announced whether or not they support the Senate taking up the Supreme Court vacancy…except for Congressman Heck."
Cory Gardner stated on February 24, 2016 in a talk show: "It's been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee."
Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.
Chris Christie stated on January 15, 2016 in a Republican debate on Fox Business Network in South Carolina on Fox Business Network : "I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor."
Chris Cuomo stated on May 6, 2015 in a Tweet: "Hate speech is excluded from protection" under the First Amendment.
Newt Gingrich stated on July 6, 2014 in interview on ABC's "This Week": Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.
Bob Goodlatte stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday": The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority."
Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference: Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."
Pat Toomey stated on February 24, 2014 in an op-ed in the "Wall Street Journal": Says Debo Adegbile "was nominated to serve as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals" and "was abruptly withdrawn by the administration."
Ed Fallone stated on February 5, 2013 in an interview: Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices are "deciding fewer opinions in civil and criminal cases than they used to."