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PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, this proposed constitutional amendment wouldn’t give former President Barack Obama a third term
A proposed constitutional amendment “would allow anyone to run for a 3rd term. Including — Barack Obama.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Proposed Change To 22nd Amendment Would NOT Let Obama Be Elected President Again
Would a proposed constitutional amendment by a Republican congressman meant to help President Donald Trump serve a third term also allow Barack Obama to be elected president again? No, that's not true: The proposal specifies that only pre
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden’s False claim that the Equal Rights Amendment is in the Constitution ignores the legal debate
“The Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.”
PolitiFact→ Charlie Kirk – In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to people born in the US
The 14th Amendment “has never been challenged at SCOTUS.”
The Dispatch→ No, Trump Is Not ‘Constitutionally Disqualified’ From Returning to the White House Under the 14th Amendment
The Supreme Court ruled in March that states could not independently disqualify public officeholders.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: James Clapper Is NOT On Tape Saying Mike Pence Wanted To Use 25th Amendment To Oust Trump — Another Man’s Voice
Was former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper recorded in a 2021 videotaped deposition saying that Vice President Mike Pence and several others conspired in an attempt to remove President Donald Trump from office? No, that's
PolitiFact→ Congress could try barring Trump from office under 14th Amendment, but it likely won’t
A Threads post said President-elect Donald Trump is “still possibly barred” from taking office because of Section 3 of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Enforcement would require an act of Congress, which almost certainly won’t happen.
The Dispatch→ The 14th Amendment Does Not Disqualify Felons From Holding Office
It does bar public officials who had sworn an oath and then ‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion.’
PolitiFact→ Would MO abortion Amendment 3 legalize surgery for trans kids? It's highly unlikely, experts say
Critics argue that language in a Missouri ballot measure to protect abortion access could be used to challenge an existing state ban on gender-affirming care. Legal experts say it’s highly unlikely the courts would read the law that broadly.
PolitiFact→ Anti-abortion Amendment 4 ads are plentiful in Florida. What’s true, what’s not?
Amendment 4 would overturn Florida’s six-week abortion ban if approved by 60% of voters on Nov. 5. As Election Day nears, PolitiFact has noticed a slew of public warnings against the amendment. Here is what we found for each of the claims.
PolitiFact→ Coalition to Protect Kids NY – Constitutional amendment would affirm protections for trans athletes
"The ERA could also mandate that schools allow biological males to compete in girls' sports."
PolitiFact→ Vote No on 3 – Ad Watch: In Florida, Amendment 3 does not create a ‘monopoly’ for marijuana companies
Florida’s Amendment 3 is “the monopoly amendment.”
PolitiFact→ Vote No on 4 – Florida's Amendment 4 on abortion is short. Does a lack of definitions mean no rules?
“Unlike other amendments, Amendment 4 has no definitions. … Without definitions these words can mean almost anything.”
PolitiFact→ Yes on 4 – Does Florida abortion law have no ‘real’ rape, health exceptions? Fact-checking pro-Amendment 4 ad
Florida’s six-week abortion law has “no real exceptions. Not for her health. Not even for rape.”
PolitiFact→ Sam Brown – Sam Brown’s mistaken claim that a proposed Nevada amendment would put ‘no limit’ on abortion access
Proposed Nevada constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights would put “essentially no limit on access to abortion.”
PolitiFact→ Paul Renner – Florida abortion amendment wouldn’t let tattoo artists, receptionists decide health risk exceptions
For health risk exceptions in Florida’s abortion amendment, “You're not even talking to a doctor to make that determination.”
AllSides→ Are private universities such as Columbia and Princeton, where pro-Palestinian protests have been held, generally bound by the First Amendment?
https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/05/palestinian-protests-private-universities-first-amendment/?utm_source=allsides&utm_id=112
PolitiFact→ If Florida’s abortion rights amendment passes, courts will weigh parental consent question
Gov. Ron DeSantis said, if approved, a November ballot initiative will “eliminate” a parental consent law for minors to get abortions. But the law would have to be challenged and would likely be decided by the state’s conservative Supreme Court.
The Dispatch→ No, There Is No ‘First Amendment Right’ to Block a Roadway
A tweet from the account of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport contains inaccurate information.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: GOP Kentucky Legislator Did NOT Promote Incest Law Amendment To Exempt ‘Sex With First Cousin’
Did a Republican state legislator in Kentucky support a bill that would "make sex with first cousin not incest"? No, that's not true: Although a draft of the bill struck out "first cousin" as a category included in Kentucky's incest statu
PolitiFact→ TikTok posts – TikTok video falsely links removal of Florida voters and abortion amendment
“Almost a million people, mostly Democrats, have been kicked off the voter roll here in Florida” because of efforts to place a proposed amendment on abortion access on the state’s 2024 ballot.
The Dispatch→ Colorado, Maine, and the 14th Amendment’s Enforcement Problem
We’re waiting, waiting, waiting for the Supreme Court on Trump’s ballot access.
The Dispatch→ Did the Biden Admin Violate the First Amendment?
How biased is Advisory Opinions?
PolitiFact→ Could the 14th Amendment be used to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot?
Discussion has intensified about using the 14th Amendment to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 presidential ballot. Some scholars have suggested that Trump’s role on Jan. 6, 2021, breaches the amendment, which bars people who join an “insurrection”
The Dispatch→ A Digital Fourth Amendment
The iPhone is your enemy.
PolitiFact→ Trump lawyer’s claim that indictment attacks First Amendment rights is dubious, experts say
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer, John Lauro, made the case for his client’s innocence on five Sunday talk shows. Legal experts said his points about the First Amendment and “technical violations” of the Constitution sounded more like pol
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s First Amendment Defense
Former President Donald Trump and one of his attorneys have invoked a First Amendment defense in response to the federal indictment charging Trump with trying to “subvert the legitimate election results.” But legal experts note Trump’
The Dispatch→ Ohio’s Abortion Amendment, Explained
The attempt to relax abortion restrictions will likely be the only abortion-related state referendum this year.
The Dispatch→ Video: Senate Elections and the Next Big Second Amendment Case
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The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: Senate Elections, Second Amendment at SCOTUS
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AllSides→ Did John Fetterman Say He Wants to Overturn Second Amendment?
https://www.newsweek.com/kari-lake-accuses-john-fetterman-overturn-second-amendment-1802485 Former Ariz
PolitiFact→ Could President Biden use the 14th Amendment to head off a debt default?
How could a clause in the 14th Amendment, enacted to guarantee citizenship after the Civil War, shape the battle over the debt limit? The White House is considering invoking the amendment to end the standoff, but courts have rarely ruled on the provisi
Poynter→ Whoopi Goldberg said the First Amendment ‘doesn’t allow you to willingly lie.’ That’s mostly false.
In most cases, the First Amendment considers lies to be protected speech. There are exceptions to this general rule, but they are limited.
PolitiFact→ Whoopi Goldberg – Whoopi Goldberg gets it wrong on lying and the First Amendment
"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."
FactCheck.org→ Exploring Sen. Murphy’s Claim About ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’
By some counts, about 2,000 of the more than 3,100 counties in the U.S. are so-called “Second Amendment sanctuaries,” which generally means that the counties – or the state of which they are a part — oppose gun laws they deem uncon
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – How does Trump feel about the Fifth Amendment? Depends who is taking it.
On taking the Fifth Amendment
Truth or Fiction?→ Trump ‘The Mob Takes the Fifth Amendment’ Quote
On August 10 2022, an Imgur account shared two images — one news screenshot suggesting that former United States President Donald Trump had invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, and the following quote meme indicating that
Truth or Fiction?→ Kansas Abortion Amendment
On August 1 2022, a Twitter account shared a screenshot of a text message urging Kansas residents to “vote YES” on a proposed amendment relating to abortion: This is as dirty as you can get. The anti-abortion coalition is sending out a la
Logically→ President Joe Biden proposed a constitutional amendment to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982.
The former U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch introduced an amendment to overturn Roe v. Wade. Biden did not propose the 1982 amendment, but voted in favor.