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23 rumors we've fact-checked related to U.S. Supreme Court

Written by: Rae Deng

Oct. 13, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court justices are often the subject of online speculation.

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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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Did Christine Blasey Ford's Brother Work with a Close Relative of Peter Strzok's?

Written by: David Emery

Oct. 1, 2018

Conspiracy theorists claim they've found 'three degrees of separation' between fired FBI agent P ...

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Hillary Clinton

Did Vince Foster Shoot Himself 'Three Times in the Back of the Head' to Avoid Testifying Against Hillary Clinton?

Written by: David Emery

Sept. 20, 2018

An old conspiracy theory about the 1993 suicide of Clinton associate Vincent Foster, whose death ...

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The administration of former US President Donald Trump directed the one-week background investigation of Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 according to sworn testimony from US Federal of Investigation Director Christopher Wray.

Wray: Trump WH Directed Kavanaugh Background Probe in 2018

Written by: Jordan Liles

Aug. 4, 2022

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., asked FBI Director Christopher Wray to answer a series of ...

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Did an FBI Report Conclude That None of the Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh Was True?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 12, 2018

A viral Facebook post significantly misrepresented what the FBI said about sexual assault and mi ...

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Is Senator Susan Collins' Husband a 'Lobbyist for Russian Interests'?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 11, 2018

Conspiracy mongers attempted to draw a line between two unrelated things by linking them to more ...

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Gavel resting on judge's bench in a courtroom.

Did Brett Kavanaugh Rule That a Raped Immigrant Teen Must Delay Her Abortion in Order to 'Think About it Maturely'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 10, 2018

A widely-shared meme got the basic facts right about an October 2017 case involving the newest S ...

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Did a Middle School Display the Words 'F*ck Kavanaugh' on Their School Sign?

Written by: Dan Evon

Oct. 10, 2018

A North Carolina middle school's sign was targeted by vandals, not "socialist teachers" trying t ...

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Did a School Employee Tweet 'Who's Gonna Take One for the Team and Kill Kavanaugh?'

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 9, 2018

A paraprofessional with Rosemount, Minnesota, school district resigned after posting the tweet.

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Did a 'West Virginia Republican' Tell Women to 'Get Your Coat Hangers Ready' ?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 9, 2018

Parkersburg City Councilman Eric Barber made the "coat hanger" comment in a reply to a Facebook ...

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Is This a Picture of Christine Blasey Ford in 1982?

Written by: Dan Evon

Oct. 5, 2018

A picture said to be one of a 15-year-old Christine Blasey Ford has been proffered as "evidence" ...

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Did 100,000 Churches Call for the Kavanaugh Nomination to Be Withdrawn?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 4, 2018

An umbrella organization that represents thousands of local congregations issued a statement on ...

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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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George Soros

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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Was the Arch of Baal Erected in Washington Before Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony?

Written by: Dan Evon

Oct. 2, 2018

The Arch of Palmyra appeared on the National Mall, but its relationship to Senate Judiciary Comm ...

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Is Christine Blasey Ford 'Deeply Tied' to the Central Intelligence Agency?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Oct. 2, 2018

Conspiracy theorists outdid themselves in attempting to create connections between the CIA and B ...

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Did Protesters Vandalize Brett Kavanaugh's House?

Written by: David Emery

Oct. 2, 2018

Junk news websites used an unrelated image from 2016 to illustrate a story falsely claiming that ...

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Do These Photographs Show a Protester Paid to Disrupt the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Oct. 1, 2018

Viral images shared with misleading information about protesters resulted in harassment and deat ...

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