… ‘In the 90s, the [Supreme] Court Held That Protesting Outside of the Homes of Abortion Clinic Employees Is Protected by the First Amendment’ As protesters gathered outside Supreme Court justices' homes following the Roe v. Wade draft leak, claims that the court had previously ruled to allow protests at the homes of private citizens began to appear.
‘Domestic Supply of Infants’ Readers spotted a purported reference to a "domestic supply of infants" by Justice Alito in the footnotes of the leaked Roe draft in May 2022.
Virginia Thomas Embraced Conspiracy Theories Long Before ‘Big Lie’ Texts Came to Light The Supreme Court justice's wife already had a years-long reputation for pushing existing weaponized disinformation campaigns.
Did a GOP Senator Say the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Have ‘Weighed In’ on Interracial Marriage? Sen. Mike Braun quickly backtracked after his remark spread online.
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Reportedly Refuses to Wear a Mask Gorsuch's refusal to wear a mask was covered on legal blogs earlier in January 2022.
Was Kamala Harris’ Debate Anecdote About Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court Accurate? "Abraham Lincoln’s party was in charge ... but Honest Abe said, 'it’s not the right thing to do. The American people deserve to make the decision about who will be the next president of the United States. And then that person can select who will serve for a lifetime on the highest court of our land.'"
‘2 Years, 10 Months, 23 Days. The Length of Time Amy Coney Barrett Has Been a Judge.’ Myriad Facebook posts and tweets declared that Amy Coney Barrett had only been a judge for "2 years, 10 months, [and] 23 days."
Does a Potential U.S. Supreme Court Candidate Belong to a Group That Inspired ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’? Judge Amy Coney Barrett has been criticized over her links to a religious sect that refers to its female leaders as "handmaidens."
‘Supreme Court Can Extend Trump’s Term By Up To 3 Years If He’s Acquitted In The Senate’ Facebook Share A known purveyor of phony news articles put out a story about a purported impeachment clause that was shared thousands of times.
Did the Supreme Court Rule 5-4 Against Swearing in on the Qur’an? On June 11 2019, a Facebook user shared the following text-based status update (archived here), claiming the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against the use of the Qur’an for swearing oaths: Right off the bat, the format of the post was a scourge to fact-checking sites. Text against a colorful background, rarely if ever accompanied by […]