BREAKING: SCOTUS Blocks Trump's Mail-In Ballot BS

What it claims

Claims

1. 1TrueThe Supreme Court blocked a Trump administration regulation regarding the United States Postal Service and mail-in ballots.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, NBC, NYT, WSJ, CNN, NPR) report that on September 14, 2026 the Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request and left in place a block on a U.S. Postal Service rule targeting mail-in ballots issued after Trump's March executive order. The claim matches this record; the passage's surrounding remarks do not alter the core assertion, and the claimant's own words are not used as evidence.6 sources →

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2. 2Can’t tellStrict Scrutiny podcast episodes are eligible for CLE credits in California, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Washington, and Oregon.The claim faithfully reflects the post's promotional line, but the only sources that repeat it are the podcast's own listings and promos, which are circular and cannot corroborate it. No independent source (CLE regulator, state bar, or CLE provider) confirms or disputes the state-by-state eligibility as of 2026-09-15.6 sources →
3. 3TrueStrict Scrutiny Live is scheduled for November 6th in Washington, DC.The Crooked Con tickets page, published 2026-10-29, lists STRICT SCRUTINY Live in DC for Nov. 6th at 8 pm at the Howard Theatre, which matches the claim. The claim is a faithful extraction of the post's ticket promotion, and the page is the promoter's own listing, so confidence is capped.8 sources →
4. 4True5 million children across Texas are going to be greeted by the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.Sources show Texas's SB 10 requires the Ten Commandments in public elementary and secondary classrooms, Texas schools serve about 5.5 million students, and the en banc Fifth Circuit upheld the law in April 2026, so roughly 5 million children being exposed to the posters this school year is consistent with the record. The main caveats are that the figure is a rounding of 5.5 million, the law applies to donated posters, and the 11 districts once covered by a federal injunction were not necessarily all displaying them.7 sources →

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5. 5TrueTexas politicians passed a law requiring the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom.The claim that Texas politicians passed a law requiring the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom is supported. Senate Bill 10 passed the Texas Senate, the Lieutenant Governor's office and the Texas Attorney General describe it as enacted, and AP reports it was signed by Gov. Greg Abbott and requires display in every public school classroom. The post's added opinion that it forces religion on children is not part of the extracted claim, and later litigation that halted enforcement in eleven districts does not contradict the passage.4 sources →

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6. 6True28 families in Texas are challenging the Ten Commandments law in the Supreme Court with support from Americans United for Separation of Church and State.As of the September 15, 2026 post date, the sources show that 28 Texas families (Miami Herald says 'more than two dozen') had asked the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit's upholding of Texas's Ten Commandments classroom law, and that Americans United was part of the coalition representing them alongside the ACLU. The claim matches the post's wording and the sources do not contradict it, and the case was still pending at the Supreme Court when the sources were published.7 sources →

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7. 7TrueThe Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision allowing the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.The Fifth Circuit issued decisions allowing Ten Commandments displays in public schools: in February 2026 it lifted the block on Louisiana's law, and on April 21, 2026 its en banc majority held that Texas's classroom display requirement does not violate the Establishment or Free Exercise Clauses. The post's reference to 'this practice' fits the Texas ruling, and the claim's generic wording is supported by the sources.5 sources →

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8. 8TrueThe Supreme Court declined to issue a stay of the lower court's ruling that invalidated the Postal Service's regulation on mail-in ballots.Multiple tier1 and primary sources (Reuters, AP, the Supreme Court order itself) confirm the Supreme Court on September 14, 2026 denied the government's application for a stay of Judge Talwani's preliminary injunction blocking the USPS mail-in ballot rule. The claim faithfully paraphrases the post's passage, and the post's 'declined to issue a stay' matches the sources.6 sources →

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9. 9OpinionThe Supreme Court should not be congratulated for blocking the Postal Service regulation.A judgement, not a statement of fact. It has no true or false answer.

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10. 10MixedThe Supreme Court killed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act a few months ago.The Supreme Court's April 29, 2026 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais sharply narrowed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and sources describe it as 'gutting' the law, so the 'a few months ago' timing and the substance of a major gutting are supported. However, the Texas Tribune reports the Court 'did not eliminate' the provision and stopped short of a full strikedown, and AFRO says the ruling technically leaves the VRA in place, so the literal claim that the Court 'killed' Section 2 is contested.6 sources →

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11. 11TrueThe Supreme Court declined to block an executive order that announced Donald Trump's plans to interfere with the election using the U.S. Postal Service.The Supreme Court's August 24, 2026 stay lifted the lower court's injunction, letting Trump's March executive order proceed, and the order directed the Postal Service to act on mail ballots. The claim's 'interfere' characterization is framing, and the Court's later September 14 ruling blocked the USPS implementation, which the post's 'a few weeks ago' phrasing does not address; the claim's core, that the Court declined to block the order, is supported.9 sources →

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12. 12TrueThe Supreme Court issued an order late Monday night blocking a Postal Service regulation that announced plans to decline to deliver batches of ballots.Multiple sources report that the Supreme Court's brief unsigned order on Monday evening, September 14, 2026, denied the administration's emergency application and kept in place a freeze on the USPS mail-ballot rule, which would have let the Postal Service refuse delivery of non-compliant ballots. The claim's 'late Monday night' timing and 'batches of ballots' wording are slightly loose paraphrases of 'Monday evening' and 'reject all ballots in a batch if one mismatch occurred,' but the core assertion holds.6 sources →

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13. 13TrueThe Supreme Court order stated that the government is unlikely to succeed on the merits regarding the Postal Service regulation.The Supreme Court's unsigned order of September 14, 2026 (No. 26A305) states that the government 'is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the District Court's preliminary injunction,' matching the claim's wording; multiple reliable outlets and the Court's own text confirm it. The claim is a faithful extraction from the post and is graded as true.4 sources →

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14. 14TrueThe Supreme Court order stated that equitable factors do not favor the government regarding the Postal Service regulation.The Supreme Court's September 14, 2026 order in 26A305 states that the equitable factors 'do not favor a stay,' which matches the claim's core assertion. The order says 'stay' rather than 'the government,' but the claim is a faithful paraphrase of the same point.3 sources →

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15. 15TrueJustice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a concurrence that there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service's statutory authority.The primary Supreme Court order text (Postal Service v. California, Kavanaugh concurrence, Sept. 14, 2026) states verbatim that 'there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service's statutory authority,' and multiple independent outlets (NPR, Axios, Times-Georgian, Post Register) quote the same language. The claim faithfully reflects the post's quotation and the concurrence's content.3 sources →

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16. 16TrueThe Supreme Court decision to disturb the lower court's injunction blocking the Postal Service regulation was a 7-2 decision.Multiple sources report that the Supreme Court voted 7-2 on the emergency application to block the Postal Service mail-ballot rule, with Thomas and Alito dissenting, leaving the lower-court injunction in place. The claim's 'disturb' wording means the court declined to disturb the injunction, which matches the reporting, and the extraction faithfully reflects the post.5 sources →

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17. 17PredictionKavanaugh's concurrence signals he will probably rule in Trump's favor on the Postal Service regulation if the issue comes before the 2028 election with more lead time.Can't be checked yet.

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18. 18TrueDonald Trump posted on Truth Social that Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are legends.The Truth Social post of September 15, 2026 (preserved by the American Presidency Project) reads 'Justices Alito and Thomas, legends both,' and multiple outlets (Reuters-style coverage, Yahoo, NBC, The Hill) confirm Trump called Alito and Thomas 'legends' in that post. The claim faithfully reflects the post; the attribution to Trump is supported, though the claim's own words are paraphrased from the passage's 'Thomas and Alito' framing.5 sources →

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19. 19TrueDonald Trump stated that the Supreme Court justices he appointed who ruled against him are a shell of their original selves.Multiple reporting sources quote Trump's September 2026 Truth Social post describing the justices he appointed who ruled against him as "a shell of their original selves" (NBC says "previous selves"), and the claim matches that core assertion. The claim faithfully reflects the passage, which quotes Trump's words about his appointees.6 sources →

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20. 20TrueThe Supreme Court applies the major questions doctrine to the Biden administration.The sources show the Supreme Court applied the major questions doctrine to Biden administration policies, most notably in Biden v. Nebraska (2023), which struck down the $430 billion student loan forgiveness plan, and in related cases on eviction moratoria, vaccine mandates, and EPA climate rules. The extracted claim drops the post's qualifier 'mostly', which is a dropped qualifier graded normally; the sources support Biden-era application as the main pattern, and none contradict it. The Trump tariffs case, which the post also mentions, does not contradict the claim.6 sources →

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21. 21TrueThe Supreme Court has applied the major questions doctrine to Donald Trump in the context of tariffs.The Supreme Court's February 20, 2026 decision in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump applied the major questions doctrine to reject Trump's claimed IEEPA tariff power, with the principal opinion joined on those sections by Gorsuch and Barrett. The post's added characterization that this was mostly to embed a 'fanfic' into jurisprudence is opinion and is not part of the extracted claim, which is graded on its factual core.6 sources →

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22. 22TrueBetterHelp has thousands of therapists and millions of members in over 100 countries.Multiple sources consistently report BetterHelp with tens of thousands of therapists (about 30,000 to 34,000+, which satisfies 'thousands'), about 5 million users, and reach across more than 100 countries, so the claim holds as of 2026-09-15. The sources are mostly company materials and secondary blogs rather than independent authorities, which limits confidence.7 sources →

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23. 23TrueZebiotics has sold more than 14 million bottles.ZBiotics (written 'Zebiotics' in the claim) had passed 14 million pre-alcohol bottles by the claim date of 2026-09-15. Reports from July 2026 put sales at 15 million, and a company page from October 2026 cites 14 million, but these figures are company-reported and unaudited.6 sources →

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24. 24Can’t tellSamuel Alito and Clarence Thomas indicated they would allow Donald Trump to rig and steal the upcoming midterm elections.Sources confirm that Alito and Thomas alone dissented from the September 14 order keeping the Postal Service mail-ballot rule blocked, and that they argued the rules targeted election fraud. No source reports that they indicated they would let Trump rig or steal the midterms; that is the post's hyperbolic characterization, and the sources neither substantiate nor dispute it as a factual claim.9 sources →

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25. 25TrueJustice Samuel Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court decision to block a Postal Service regulation regarding mail-in ballots.Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources, including the Supreme Court's own order record and Reuters and AP, confirm that Justices Alito and Thomas dissented from the Court's September 14, 2026 order refusing to let the Postal Service enforce its mail-ballot rule. The claim's phrasing matches the passage's reference to the same dissent, and the claim does not add any figure or actor beyond the post.6 sources →

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26. 26TrueJustice Samuel Alito argued that the Postal Service has the authority to implement a regulation governing mail-in ballots.Multiple reliable sources, including AP, Reuters, and NYT, report that Alito's dissent argued the Postal Service has broad authority to regulate the mail and that the rule likely falls within that authority, so the claim that he argued USPS has authority to implement the mail-ballot rule is supported. The post's further claims that the rule might disenfranchise millions and erase state laws are not in the extracted claim and are not assessed here.7 sources →

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27. 27TrueJustice Samuel Alito argued that the Administrative Procedure Act does not allow for challenges to certain Postal Service regulations.ABC News reports that in his eight-page dissent Alito wrote the Postal Service is broadly exempted from the administrative law used to challenge agency actions as arbitrary and capricious, which matches the claim that the APA does not allow challenges to certain Postal Service regulations. The snippet is truncated and only one source states this directly, so confidence is moderate, and the claim's 'certain' qualifier fits the 'certain kinds' wording in the post.5 sources →

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28. 28Can’t tellJustice Samuel Alito compared the Postal Service's mail-in ballot regulation to the requirement to list a recipient's address on mail.The claim matches the passage's wording, but the visible excerpts do not show Alito making the address-listing comparison. Source 6 reports that he called the rule 'simply a mailing requirement similar to others,' which partly fits the claim, but the primary dissent excerpt is truncated before any such passage.3 sources →

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29. 29TrueThe Postal Service regulation would throw out ballots in batches if any ballot fails to comply with arbitrary rules.The USPS rule's verification standard is zero percent failure, so one barcode mismatch can cause an entire batch to be rejected, which is supported by the USPS amicus brief and the Federal Register text. The claim's 'throw out' wording overstates the mechanism somewhat, since the Federal Register says rejected mailings are returned to the ballot mailer and can be corrected, and 'arbitrary' is the claimant's characterization rather than a sourced finding. The rule was in force as of 2026-09-15.5 sources →

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30. 30TrueThe Trump administration announced plans to take over the Postal Service to federalize elections.The administration did announce plans to use the Postal Service for election control: a March 2026 executive order directed USPS to create ballot-screening and mail-voter-list rules, and a June 2026 USPS proposed rule followed. The words 'take over' and 'federalize' are critics' characterizations rather than the administration's own terms, and the post attributes this framing to Justice Alito's commentary, but the core assertion holds as of 2026-09-15.11 sources →

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31. 31TrueTrump's administration is planning to use the Postal Service to federalize elections.Sources from before and on 2026-09-15 document a Trump administration plan, under a March 2026 executive order, to use the Postal Service to screen or restrict mail ballots, and Reuters reports Trump urged Republicans to "nationalize" voting. The claim's "federalize" wording is a characterization, but the underlying plan to expand federal control through USPS is well supported; the claim drops the word "interfere" from the passage without changing its substance.5 sources →

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32. 32TrueThe Postal Service issued a rule regarding mail-in ballots while subject to an injunction.The Postal Service's final rule "Ballot Mail for Federal Elections" was issued on August 26, 2026 (effective August 21), while the August 11 preliminary injunction from the District of Massachusetts was still in place. The claim faithfully paraphrases the post, and the later stay and vacatur of the injunctions do not change the state of affairs when the rule was issued.7 sources →

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33. 33MixedThe Supreme Court nullified the Voting Rights Act.The Supreme Court did gut or effectively nullify key VRA provisions: Section 2 in its April 29, 2026 Louisiana v. Callais ruling, and preclearance under Section 4/5 in 2013. But Reuters describes a gutting of a key provision, not repeal of the whole Act, so the literal claim that it nullified the Voting Rights Act overstates what the sources report.7 sources →

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34. 34Can’t tellThe constitutional question regarding the mail-in ballot rule was argued in conference nearly seven months ago.The sources do not report when the justices discussed the mail-in ballot question in conference, and the claim's 'constitutional question' is not clearly tied to a specific case. The Watson v. RNC oral argument on March 23, 2026 (about 5.8 months before the September 15 post) is the nearest documented date, but it is an argument rather than a conference and does not clearly match 'nearly seven months.'7 sources →

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35. 35TrueThere is zero evidence in the record that the regulation interfering with mail ballots is needed to detect election fraud.Sources show the Postal Service's rule cited no evidence of voter fraud and that the government offered only 'common sense' when pressed for evidence that mail voting is riskier, with no countervailing record evidence against the district court's findings. The claim's 'zero evidence in the record' reading is supported as of 2026-09-15, though the sources are a party brief, a tier-2 report, and commentary rather than a neutral finding on the full record.8 sources →

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36. 36TrueKash Patel is testifying before a Senate committee.Multiple tier1 sources (AP, Reuters) and tier2 CBS and CNN report that FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, the day the post was made. The claim faithfully paraphrases the passage's 'currently testifying before the Senate' and the Senate body is resolved correctly as the Judiciary Committee; no source contradicts it.7 sources →

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37. 37TrueSenator Dick Durbin asked Kash Patel about the FBI's hiring criteria regarding individuals who have engaged in bestiality.Multiple reliable outlets (AP, Reuters, CBS News, The Atlantic, Courthouse News) report that Sen. Dick Durbin questioned Patel at the September 15, 2026 Senate Judiciary hearing about the FBI's revised hiring criteria, which no longer automatically disqualify applicants who engaged in bestiality. The claim matches the post's wording and the core assertion is directly corroborated.7 sources →

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38. 38Can’t tellThe production staff of Strict Scrutiny is unionized with the Writers Guild of America East.The only source that repeats the claim is a Crooked Media podcast page (May 2026) that uses the same wording, so it traces back to the show's own publisher and is not independent corroboration. The WGAE's list of unionized nonfiction production companies and its AFL-CIO profile neither confirm nor refute the claim for Strict Scrutiny, so the claim cannot be graded against an independent record. The extraction matches the post, which resolves 'our production staff' to Strict Scrutiny from the post's title and author.3 sources →

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39. 39Can’t tellZebiotics Pre-Alcohol probiotic drink is the world's first genetically engineered probiotic.The only sources that state the 'world's first genetically engineered probiotic' framing are ZBiotics' own materials and interviews with its CEO, which are self-claims rather than independent verification. The SF Chronicle (2025) attributes the claim to Abbott ('he claims'), and no fact-checker or independent authority in the sources examined or rejected it, so the sources neither substantiate nor dispute the superlative. The claim was made on 2026-09-15 and the post is a Strict Scrutiny episode that merely repeats it; the sources show no change in the claim's status since then.10 sources →

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