The Nevada Supreme Court has made Joe Biden’s win in the state official, approving the state's final canvass of the Nov. 3 election
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Liste→ Misleading claim circulates online that Philippine Supreme Court justice has been ‘removed’ from participating in poll dispute case
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube and in multiple online posts which claim it shows that a Philippine Supreme Court justice has been "removed" from participating in a vice presidential poll dispute case. The claim is mis
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Claims on Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court and role in election are partly false
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Snopes→ Trump’s Legal Team Cried Vote Fraud, But Courts Found None
Judges uniformly rejected Trump's claims of vote fraud and found the campaign's legal work amateurish.
Snopes→ Did Giuliani Say These Things in Trump Campaign’s Pennsylvania Court Case?
A widely shared meme mocked statements made by the president's personal attorney in a federal court in November 2020.
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates online about Supreme Court warning to Philippine Vice President Robredo over poll dispute case
Multiple Facebook posts shared in November 2020 claim that the Philippine Supreme Court has warned Vice President Leni Robredo to stop publicly discussing a poll dispute case filed against her by losing opponent Bongbong Marcos. The posts are misleadin
Liste→ Misleading claims circulate online in Thailand that Singapore treats anyone older than seven as adult in court of law
Multiple Facebook and Twitter posts shared thousands of times claim that Singapore treats anyone older than seven years old as an adult in the criminal court system and suggest that Thailand should adopt a similar system. The posts claim youths aged ov
FactCheck.org→ How the Supreme Court Could Rule on ACA Case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the latest legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act today. There are a range of possible outcomes in the case, from the court not ruling on the merits to the court nullifying the enti
Snopes→ GOP Tries Again to Get High Court to Ax Obamacare
One week after the 2020 election, the Supreme Court will once again hear arguments to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as 'Obamacare.'
Liste→ Misleading viral posts claim Philippine Supreme Court passed law to imprison unfaithful husbands
A claim that the Philippine Supreme Court "passed" a new law that could "imprison husbands proven to be unfaithful" has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook in October 2020. However, this claim omits important context: the Su
Snopes→ Trump Faces Tough Road in Getting Supreme Court to Intervene
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there’s one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the U.S. Supreme Court.
Top Fact Checks→ “Pennsylvania Democrats have gone to the state Supreme Court to try and ban our election observers. They don’t want anybody in there. They don’t want anybody watching them while they are counting the
No one tried to ban poll watchers from both sides in the election and Democrats did not go to the state Supreme Court to ban Republican watchers.
Top Fact Checks→ Joe Biden stated in an interview that people did not need to know how he stands on court packing.
After commenting voters do not "deserve" to know his stance, Biden walked back on it saying voters have a right to know in another interview.
Snopes→ Trump Promises Court Fight Over Pennsylvania Absentee Votes
Trump and his reelection campaign are signaling they will pursue an aggressive legal strategy to try to prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election.
Snopes→ Legal Armies Ready If Cloudy Election Outcome Heads to Court
Legal fights could take on new urgency, not to mention added vitriol, if a narrow margin in a battleground state is the difference in the presidential election.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Leaves NC Absentee Ballot Deadline at Nov. 12
The Supreme Court will allow absentee ballots in North Carolina to be received and counted up to 9 days after Election Day, in a win for Democrats.
Snopes→ Barrett Sworn in at Court As Issues Important to Trump Await
No justice has assumed office so close to a presidential election or immediately confronted issues so directly tied to the incumbent president's political and personal fortunes.
Snopes→ Barrett Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice in Partisan Vote
Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come.
Snopes→ Did Notre Dame Colleagues Ask Barrett to ‘Halt’ Supreme Court Nomination Process?
Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court came less than a week after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Halts Census in Latest Twist of 2020 Count
The ruling increased the chances of the Trump administration's retaining control of the process that decides how many congressional seats each state gets — and by extension how much voting power each state has.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Is Donald Trump Facing a Court Case for Allegedly Raping a Teen in 1994?
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TruthOrFiction→ Did Trump Say Amy Coney Barrett is ‘Much Better Looking’ Than Other Supreme Court Justices?
As the United States Senate proceeded with the Supreme Court confirmation process for Judge Amy Coney Barrett on October 13 2020, a fabricated quote recirculated on Facebook repackaged as a graphic. Within hours of being posted, the meme had amassed m
FactCheck.org→ Kamala Harris, Honest Abe and the Supreme Court
Q: Was Sen. Kamala Harris’ story at the vice presidential debate about President Abraham Lincoln’s 1864 Supreme Court vacancy correct? A: There’s no evidence that Lincoln said he delayed the nomination to let voters choose the next presi
TruthOrFiction→ Was Kamala Harris’ Debate Anecdote About Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court Accurate?
During the October 7 2020 Vice Presidential debate, Sen. Kamala Harris — the Democratic Party candidate for U.S. vice president — addressed the topic of the fate of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vacant seat during a
Snopes→ Did Lincoln Refuse to Fill a Supreme Court Vacancy Before an Election?
Lincoln was not above using the enticement of a Supreme Court seat to encourage campaigning on his behalf.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Page Running $5000 Give-Away Contest Is NOT CourtTV Anchor Vinnie Politan’s Real Page
Is a Facebook page with the name ViniepCourttv that is running a $5,000 give-away contest the real page for COURT TV anchor Vinnie Politan? No, that's not true. A new account claiming to be the former prosecutor is a fake and is trying to
Snopes→ Appeals Court: Trump Must Turn over Taxes to Prosecutor
President Donald Trump’s accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court has ruled in a decision that likely sets up a second trip to the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue.
Snopes→ Did Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Say Women Shouldn’t Own Property?
Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic, is also affiliated with People of Praise, a "charismatic Christian community” whose teachings include women being subordinate to their husbands.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Opposed ‘Abortion on Demand’
The ad she co-signed by an anti-abortion group appears to be the most direct expression of Amy Coney Barrett’s opposition to abortion.
Snopes→ Subway Bread Isn’t Bread, Irish Court Says
Ireland’s Supreme Court has ruled that the fast food chain's bread contains so much sugar that it cannot be legally defined as bread.
Liste→ Hoax Trump tweet says Supreme Court, not voters, should choose president
A screenshot of a tweet purportedly sent by US President Donald Trump arguing that the Supreme Court rather than voters should elect the nation’s leaders has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. However, the tweet is fake and archives show Trum
Snopes→ Trump Choosing Barrett for High Court, Lawmakers Told
The White House has indicated to congressional Republicans that President Donald Trump will nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Trump, aiming to keep up some suspense, told reporters that he had made a decision but did not reveal his pick.
Snopes→ Crowd Jeers as Trump Pays Respects at Court to Ginsburg
President Donald Trump was booed as he paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
TruthOrFiction→ Did Trump Tweet That the Supreme Court ‘Should Decide the Presidency at Every Election’ and ‘Bad Votes’ Shouldn’t Count?
On September 24 2020, a Facebook user shared a purported screenshot of a tweet by United States President Donald Trump in which he purportedly said that the Supreme Court “should decide the presidency at every election”: A date and timest
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was NOT ‘Nominated And Confirmed’ To The Supreme Court 43 Days Before A Presidential Election
Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg "nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election"? No, that's not true: Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed in 42 days (not 43) in 1993 -- which was not an election year. The previous year, 1992, was an electio
Snopes→ Did Trump Say ‘Obama Should Leave Office’ Before Appointing Supreme Court Justice?
Allegations of "hypocrisy" were ample in September 2020 as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to nominate a successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
TruthOrFiction→ Does a Potential U.S. Supreme Court Candidate Belong to a Group That Inspired ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’?
News of United States Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death was barely a day old before national figures started to discuss her replacement, despite the opposition of those very same figures to doing so in 2016, after Antonin Scalia
TruthOrFiction→ Did Donald Trump Tweet in 2016 That President Obama Should Wait to Pick a New Supreme Court Justice or ‘Be Fired’?
After the September 2020 death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, amidst the chatter of a possible replacement and what that might mean for the future of the United States, a screenshot of a tweet began circulating which attributed commenta
Liste→ The president of Sri Lanka’s court of appeal was first appointed to the post in January 2020
A claim that the president of Sri Lanka’s court of appeal, Judge A.H.M.D Nawaz, was appointed to the top post after allowing a lawmaker on death row to attend parliamentary sessions has been shared in multiple Facebook posts. The claim is false: the
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Has NOT Been Accused In Court Of Assaulting 26 Females, Including Seven Children
Does President Trump have 26 active lawsuits against him alleging sexual assault, including seven that accuse Trump of sexually abusing children? No, that's not true. While some reports have indeed put the number of allegations against Tr