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PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion?
Ask PolitiFact: Is it illegal to leak a draft Supreme Court opinion?
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking 5 claims in the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade
In a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade, Justice Alito made a series of claims about the history of abortion law, gender rates of voting, and about race and abortion. We found some of his statements were missing context.
Snopes→ Were Barricades Erected Outside Supreme Court in Response to ‘Roe v. Wade’ Leak?
The leaking of a draft majority opinion on the night of May 2, 2022, produced a significant response — nationwide and on the steps of the court itself.
Snopes→ Has a US Supreme Court Opinion Never Been Leaked in Advance Before?
The highest court in the U.S. is more secretive than other institutions.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Was NOT Hanged at Guantanamo Bay
Did Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor get hung at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that she was sentenced to hang at Guantanamo Bay. A duty officer from the Pentagon told Lead Stories that the claim was false.
Snopes→ QUIZ: Supreme Court Landmarks
Test your knowledge of major SCOTUS decisions of the past.
Snopes→ Did Senate Hearings for Supreme Court Start With First Jewish Nominee?
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell provided some interesting historical background to Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings in March 2022.
Snopes→ What You Should Know Ahead of Senators’ Vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Nomination
First, the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on April 4. Then, the full Senate will consider her appointment to the nation's High Court.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did George W. Bush Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court in 2003?
Sen. Bill Frist meets with judicial nominees Janice Rogers Brown and Priscilla Owens on May 17, 2005. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images.)Viral social media posts claim that Republicans were the first to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court in 2
Snopes→ Supreme Court: Who Is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?
A look back at the path that took Brown Jackson to within a single Senate vote of the nation's highest court.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – No, Janice Rogers Brown wasn’t the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court
Republicans “nominated the 1st Black woman to the SCOTUS & she was BLOCKED & filibustered by… Joe Biden.”
FactCheck.org→ Former Judge Janice Rogers Brown Was Not Nominated to the Supreme Court
Quick Take Republicans did not nominate former Judge Janice Rogers Brown to the U.S. Supreme Court. A Facebook post falsely claims that Brown — not Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — was the first Black woman to be nominated to the nation’
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a GOP Senator Say the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Have ‘Weighed In’ on Interracial Marriage?
Right-wing Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana (R) quickly backtracked on March 22 2022 after offering interracial marriage as an example of issues that the Supreme Court, in his opinion, should leave up for individual states to decide. Braun made the remark to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Was NOT Sentenced To Death At Guantanamo Bay
Was Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Sotomayor has been arrested or sentenced to death as of March 15, 2022, as claimed in an online article. Also,
Snopes→ Supreme Court Won’t Review Decision That Freed Bill Cosby
The high court — whose nine members include two men accused of sexual misconduct themselves — declined to review a stunning decision out of Pennsylvania that released Cosby from prison in June.
Snopes→ Biden to Nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries.
Snopes→ Was US Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Arrested?
The articles on Real Raw News are neither real nor news.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Military Did NOT Arrest Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Did the U.S. Marine Corps arrest Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor after a three-month investigation that found she received money for being in favor of masking, vaccination mandates and fabricating statements to increase the fear of
PolitiFact→ Chuck Todd – Supreme Court nominees confirmed by opposite party in Senate are rare
“Clarence Thomas is about to become the only member of the current Supreme Court who was nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate controlled by the other party.”
Poynter→ Sean Hannity claimed Joe Biden is the first president to prioritize race, gender in picking a Supreme Court nominee. That’s not true.
Fox News host Sean Hannity misleadingly claimed that President Joe Biden was venturing into unprecedented territory with his pledge to nominate a Black woman as a replacement for U.S. Supreme […] The post Sean Hannity claimed Joe Biden is the fir
PolitiFact→ Republican National Committee – Deceptive RNC edit takes Biden’s words on taking Supreme Court questions out of context
"BIDEN: 'I'm not gonna take any questions because I think it's inappropriate.'"
PolitiFact→ Viral image – News headline about Supreme Court justice appears to be fabricated
“Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tests positive for COVID-19 despite triple vaccination, diligent masking and working from home.”
Snopes→ Supreme Court Allows Jan. 6 Committee to Get Trump Documents
The justices rejected a bid by Trump to withhold the documents from the committee until the issue is finally resolved by the courts.
Snopes→ Starbucks Ends Vaccine Mandate After Supreme Court Ruling
“We respect the court’s ruling and will comply,” Starbucks Chief Operating Officer John Culver wrote in the memo.
Truth or Fiction?→ Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Reportedly Refuses to Wear a Mask
As the global COVID-19 pandemic dragged into its third year, “Gorsuch” trended on Twitter on January 18 2022, primarily due to tweets claiming that Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch refused to wear a mask to work — which forces fello
Snopes→ Supreme Court Halts COVID-19 Vaccine Rule for US Businesses
The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Over 100,000 Children Are NOT In Serious Condition From COVID-19 As Supreme Court Justice Said
Are over 100,000 children in serious condition because of COVID-19? No, that's not true: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor overstated the pandemic's toll on children 17 and under during Supreme Court oral arguments on January 7, 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Was NOT Photographed With Pelosi, Schumer, Other Democrats At A Dinner On January 7, 2022
Was Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor photographed eating dinner with Democratic politicians including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on January 7, 2022? No, that's not true: Although a newsletter
Snopes→ Supreme Court Skeptical of Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Rule
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers.
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – No, John Roberts didn’t criticize Supreme Court justices’ ‘inappropriate political influence’
“Chief Justice John Roberts goes after the highest court in the land, citing their ‘inappropriate political influence.’”
Snopes→ Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Release of Documents
Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Snopes→ Did Pro-Abortion Protesters Take Abortion Pills Outside Supreme Court Building?
Visual evidence surfaced supposedly showing four protesters outside the federal courthouse taking pills to end early pregnancies.
Snopes→ Abortion Rights at Stake in Historic Supreme Court Arguments
The justices will weigh whether to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks and overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
Snopes→ Cosby Prosecutors Urge Supreme Court to Restore Conviction
Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction, complaining in a petition the verdict was thrown out over a questionable agreement that the comic claimed gave him lifetime immunity.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Takes Up Texas Law Banning Most Abortions
The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Doesn’t Block Texas Abortion Law, Sets Hearing
The Supreme Court is allowing the Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in place, but has agreed to hear arguments in the case in early November.
Poynter→ What you need to know about the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’
Some of the most important moves by the Supreme Court in the past few years haven’t followed the traditional process of briefs, oral arguments, and private discussions among the justices to produce lengthy, heavily footnoted opinions. Some procedural
Snopes→ DOJ Will Ask Supreme Court to Halt Texas Abortion Law
The move comes as the Texas clinics are running out of avenues to stop the GOP-engineered law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Supreme Court Has NOT Ruled That ‘The COVID-19 Pathogen Is Not A Vaccine, Is Unsafe, And Must Be Avoided’
Did the Supreme Court in the U.S. rule that the COVID-19 "pathogen is not a vaccine", is unsafe and "must be avoided at all costs," and has the court canceled "the universal vax"? No, that's not true: The United States Supreme Court has n