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Did Clarence Thomas Say 'God Only Knows Where I Would Be' Without Affirmative Action?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jul 5, 2023
A quote from a January 1983 speech by the then-chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Comm ...
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Here's Why AOC, Omar Were Arrested — But Not Handcuffed — at Abortion-Rights Protest
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jul 20, 2022
Some social media users noticed lawmakers such U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Oma ...
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Did Ohio's Abortion Ban Force a 10-Year-Old Rape Victim to Travel to Indiana?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jul 5, 2022
The story went viral after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Could a Case Currently Before the Supreme Court Result in a Stronger Presidential Pardon?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Oct 3, 2018
Gamble v. United States concerns a felon who was arrested for possession of a firearm. It could ...
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Was a GoFundMe Page Established for Brett Kavanaugh?
Written by:
David Emery
Oct 5, 2018
Several GoFundMe accounts were opened in the Supreme Court nominee's name during his Senate conf ...
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Is the Supreme Court Deciding Whether to Nullify the 2016 Election?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Feb 24, 2017
A petition challenging the 2016 U.S. presidential election results has long since died on the vi ...
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Did McConnell Say 'No Question' Jackson Qualified, Then Say He Won't Support Appointment?
Written by:
Jordan Liles
Mar 25, 2022
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared on "The Guy Benson Show" on Fox News Radio ...
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What is 'Court Packing,' and What Are the Latest Democratic Proposals About?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Apr 20, 2021
A plan by congressional Democrats to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 seats touched upon ...
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Did Brett Kavanaugh 'Never Try a Case' Before Being Promoted from Law Clerk to Federal Judge?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct 4, 2018
Kavanaugh hadn't spent much time in courtrooms when President George W. Bush nominated him to th ...
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Is Christine Blasey Ford's Lawyer the Vice Chair of a 'Soros-Funded Org Opposing Kavanaugh'?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Oct 3, 2018
Conspiratorial stories that link an organization on which Debra Katz serves as vice chair only t ...
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Did Judge Martha Kavanaugh 'Rule Against' the Parents of Her Son's Accuser, Christine Blasey-Ford?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sep 17, 2018
Right-wing websites concocted a cynical (and grossly inaccurate) conspiracy theory about a woman ...
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Did the Supreme Court Rule in 1943 That No One Can Be Forced to Participate in Patriotic Rituals?
Written by:
David Emery
Aug 13, 2018
The Supreme Court's 1943 ruling applied to school board officials and other government entities, ...
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Did a Tennessee Hardware Store Put Up a 'No Gays Allowed' Sign?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jun 7, 2018
The store that put up the sign in 2015 was back in the news several years later when it celebrat ...
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Does the President Have an 'Absolute Right' to Self-Pardon?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jun 6, 2018
Neither the Constitution nor hundreds of years of Supreme Court rulings have directly answered t ...
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Supreme Court Decision on Colorado Cake-Maker Case Prompts Split Reaction
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Jun 5, 2018
Although some advocacy groups hailed the narrow scope of the high court's ruling, others called ...
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Reports Raise Question of Plagiarism in Neil Gorsuch Writings
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Apr 5, 2017
The White House called the allegations a "baseless, last-second smear" against the Supreme Court ...
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Does the Supreme Court Overturn 80 Percent of Ninth Circuit Court Decisions?
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Feb 10, 2017
Some confusing wording misleadingly suggested the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decisions almo ...
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Did Neil Gorsuch Push for the 'Separation of the White and Black Races'?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Feb 2, 2017
A Twitter account falsely attributed an ex-Ku Klux Klan leader's remarks to the Supreme Court no ...
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Did Mitch McConnell Say One of His Proudest Moments Was Telling Obama 'You Will Not Fill This Supreme Court Vacancy'?
Written by:
David Emery
Feb 2, 2017
A meme contrasted disparate statements by GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on the Sena ...
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President Donald Trump Announces Supreme Court Pick
Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
Jan 31, 2017
Neil Gorsuch is a federal appeals court judge and a favorite of legal conservatives.
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