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Court’s Decision: Keep FactCheck Busy
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that corporations can spend as freely as they like in federal elections, a decision that could bring a flood of new ads expressly favoring or opposing candidates in the congressional midterm elections this year. The opinion in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election …
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Aftermath of a Court Race
Wisconsin ’08 was one of the nastiest state Supreme Court elections in modern history. Incumbent Justice Louis Butler went down to defeat after opponent Mike Gableman and business interests in the state ran slashing, misleading ads portraying him as soft on crime. We criticized the spots in several stories. Today, …
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Health Care Overhaul: Constitutional?
Q: Are the health care overhaul proposals that are pending in the House and Senate constitutional? A: Legal experts agree that requiring citizens to buy something is a novel concept that has not been tested in the courts.
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Off Target in Sotomayor Ad
Yesterday we wrote about a radio ad attacking Florida Republican Reps. Adam Putnam and John Mica for not denouncing radio personality Rush Limbaugh for calling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a "racist" and a "bigot." We found that the ad was accurate in capturing the words of Limbaugh and in …
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Tagged adam putnam, Sonia Sotomayor, spanish language ads, supreme court
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New Round of Sotomayor Ads Begins
Independent groups are taking to the airwaves to weigh in on the debate over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, whose confirmation hearings began July 13 in the Senate. The liberal Change Campaign Committee and Hispanic group Presente.org are airing a Spanish-language radio ad in Florida. The groups also posted the …
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Tagged judicial ad, Rush Limbaugh, Sonia Sotomayor, spanish language ads, supreme court
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Sotomayor, the Supremes and the Firefighters
Sonia Sotomayor isn’t mentioned in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today in a much-watched reverse-discrimination case, Ricci v. DeStefano. But you can bet the decision will be mentioned plenty in the upcoming Senate confirmation hearing that could put her on that court. Sotomayor and two other judges on the 2nd …
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Guns A-Blazin’
We’ve updated our Ask FactCheck item on Sonia Sotomayor and gun rights yet again. This time it’s to reflect the fact that the National Rifle Association has filed a cert petition asking the Supreme Court to hear its case challenging Chicago’s gun laws (which it lost this week in the …
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Mind-meld: Sotomayor and Conservative Luminaries
We’ve just updated our recent Ask FactCheck item on Sonia Sotomayor and the Second Amendment to reflect the latest news: A ruling by three judges on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreeing with her judgment that the amendment doesn’t apply to state and local governments. The decision in …
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Sotomayer First “Hispanic?”
Q: Would Sonia Sotomayor really be the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court? A: Depending on your point of view, the late Benjamin Cardozo might be considered "Hispanic."
Supremely Civil Ads … So Far
Both the Coalition for Constitutional Values, a liberal group supporting Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, and the Judicial Confirmation Network, a conservative organization that opposes President Obama’s choice, have ads up attempting to enhance or undermine her confirmation prospects. The ads are accurate and civil. JCN’s spot, which …
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