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Bloggers stated on March 27, 2021 in a blog post:

Says Donald Trump indicted Amy Coney Barrett.

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 6, 2021

Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 10, 2014 in a news release:

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Wisconsin's photo ID election law

By Dave Umhoefer• October 14, 2014

Sean Hannity stated on January 27, 2022 in a radio show segment:

“There's never been a president (before Joe Biden) that has made race and gender the defining factor” for a Supreme Court nomination.

By Bill McCarthy• January 28, 2022

Jeffrey Toobin stated on May 02, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”

By Madison Czopek• May 4, 2022

William Barr stated on September 16, 2020 in a speech at a Hillsdale College event:

“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."

By Jon Greenberg• September 22, 2020

John Roberts stated on February 27, 2013 in a Supreme Court oral argument:

"Do you know which state has the worst ratio of white voter turnout to African-American voter turnout? Massachusetts. Do you know what has the best, where African-American turnout actually exceeds white turnout? Mississippi."

By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2013

Viral image stated on March 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Republicans “nominated the 1st Black woman to the SCOTUS & she was BLOCKED & filibustered by… Joe Biden.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 28, 2022

Mitch McConnell stated on May 31, 2009 in a CNN interview:

"The Department of Justice, under the Obama administration, disagrees with the decision" Judge Sotomayor made in the Ricci vs. DeStefano case.

By Robert Farley• June 1, 2009

Paul Summers stated on September 02, 2012 in in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.:

Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.

By Tom Humphrey• September 14, 2012

Trey Martinez Fischer stated on February 25, 2013 in press conference in the Texas House Speaker’s Committee Room.:

Says that since 1975, redistricting by Texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2013

Occupy Democrats stated on October 15, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"The Postal Service only gives tribal residents PO boxes. The Republican-controlled Supreme Court just said it’s totally okay for North Dakota to demand that ONLY residents with street addresses can vote. Native Americans were the last to get the right to vote, and now they are the first to lose it."

By Tessa Weinberg• October 23, 2018

Greater Wisconsin Committee stated on March 30, 2015 in a radio ad:

An April 7, 2015 referendum would take "the choice of chief justice" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court "away from the people."

By Tom Kertscher• April 3, 2015

Facebook posts stated on April 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Conservative Supreme Court Justices vote remotely to deny Wisconsin voters their right to vote remotely.”

By Eric Litke• April 9, 2020

John Lewis stated on February 24, 2013 in newspaper column:

"Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review."

By Janel Davis• April 3, 2013

Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum:

GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.

By Lawrence Andrea• August 14, 2020

North Carolina Republican Party stated on February 12, 2019 in a press release:

Says replacing NC Supreme Court Chief Justice with most experienced justice is a "longstanding, nonpartisan tradition."

By Paul Specht• February 27, 2019

Anderson Clayton stated on May 10, 2024 in a social media post:

“Justice Paul Newby is out here removing judges who were elected to their positions by the voters of North Carolina!!!”

By Paul Specht• June 3, 2024

Melissa Agard stated on January 03, 2023 in TV interview:

"Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them."

By D.L. Davis• January 10, 2023

Facebook posts stated on January 16, 2023 in a photo on Facebook:

“Every single Republican blocked Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS appointment.”

By Sara Swann• January 17, 2023

John Cornyn stated on May 10, 2010 in a news release:

On the importance of judicial experience for Supreme Court nominees.

By W. Gardner Selby• May 11, 2010

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