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Rick Perry stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate:

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 27, 2010

Josh Hawley stated on January 06, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech:

“Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”

By Amy Sherman• January 8, 2021

Mike Pence stated on March 29, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."

By Katie Sanders• March 29, 2015

Kat Cammack stated on July 21, 2022 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives:

“In no way, shape, or form is access to contraception limited or at risk of being limited.”

By Julie Rovner• August 4, 2022

Arlen Specter stated on April 21, 2010 in an interview on MSNBC's Daily Rundown:

"Congress can tell [the Supreme Court] which cases they ought to hear. We have that authority."

By Catharine Richert• April 29, 2010

Barack Obama stated on December 13, 2010 in a television interview:

"When Social Security was passed, there were all kinds of lawsuits," just as there have been in the legal battle over the new health care law.

By Louis Jacobson• December 15, 2010

Joe Lieberman stated on September 10, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire":

President Barack Obama "had the legal authority" to strike Syria without a vote from Congress.

By Jon Greenberg• September 12, 2013

Instagram posts stated on June 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it."

By Grace Abels• June 30, 2022

Michael Screnock stated on January 29, 2018 in a radio ad:

Says Tim Burns and Rebecca Dallet "have openly criticized laws signed by Governor Walker that they disagree with and are campaigning as activists who will implement their policies from the bench."

By Tom Kertscher• February 14, 2018

GOP Daily Brief stated on November 23, 2020 in a story:

“Supreme Court Shakes Up 2020 Election, Assigns Conservatives To Swing State Circuit Courts.”

By Noah Y. Kim• December 2, 2020

Greater Wisconsin Committee stated on March 30, 2011 in a television ad:

Says David Prosser = Scott Walker.

By Tom Kertscher• March 31, 2011

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

Hillary Clinton stated on June 04, 2015 in a speech:

"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."

By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu• June 9, 2015

Barack Obama stated on May 03, 2012 in a graphical tool on the campaign website:

Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."

By Becky Bowers• May 8, 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

Raphael Warnock stated on November 05, 2020 in an ad:

Says Kelly Loeffler is "for getting rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic."

By Tom Kertscher• November 20, 2020

New Hampshire Democratic Party stated on February 16, 2016 in a press release:

Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."

By Clay Wirestone• February 19, 2016

Tim Cook stated on March 29, 2015 in an oped column:

"Legislation being considered in Texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — even if the Supreme Court strikes down Texas’ marriage ban later this year."

By Alex Wilts• April 15, 2015

Scott Walker stated on October 22, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:

"In Congress Tom Barrett voted to allow abortions through the ninth month, just moments before the baby is born."

By Dave Umhoefer• October 26, 2010

Viral image stated on July 01, 2024 in a Threads post:

“In official capacity, Biden orders DOJ to arrest 6 justices of SCOTUS.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 5, 2024

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