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Strict Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it. Hosted by three badass constitutional law professors-- Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa Murray-- Strict Scrutiny provides in-depth, accessible, and irreverent analysis of the Supreme Court and its cases, culture, and personalities. Each week, Leah, Kate, and Melissa break down the latest headlines and biggest legal questions facing our country, emphasizing what it all means for our daily lives. Whether you’re a lawyer or law student, or you’re just here for the messy legal drama, Strict Scrutiny has you covered. New...
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True95% confidence5 sourcesSep 15, 2026Donald 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.True95% confidence6 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Supreme Court blocked a Trump administration regulation regarding the United States Postal Service and mail-in ballots.Said by AMultiple 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.True90% confidence6 sourcesSep 15, 2026Donald Trump stated that the Supreme Court justices he appointed who ruled against him are a shell of their original selves.Said by AMultiple 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.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True92% confidence6 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Supreme Court has applied the major questions doctrine to Donald Trump in the context of tariffs.Said by CThe 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.True85% confidence6 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Supreme Court applies the major questions doctrine to the Biden administration.Said by CThe 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.True72% confidence7 sourcesSep 15, 2026BetterHelp has thousands of therapists and millions of members in over 100 countries.Said by AMultiple 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.True70% confidence6 sourcesSep 15, 2026Zebiotics has sold more than 14 million bottles.Said by AZBiotics (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.True90% confidence7 sourcesSep 15, 2026Justice Samuel Alito argued that the Postal Service has the authority to implement a regulation governing mail-in ballots.Said by 2BMultiple 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.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True95% confidence6 sourcesSep 15, 2026Justice 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.True60% confidence5 sourcesSep 15, 2026Justice Samuel Alito argued that the Administrative Procedure Act does not allow for challenges to certain Postal Service regulations.Said by 2BABC 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.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True60% confidence11 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Trump administration announced plans to take over the Postal Service to federalize elections.Said by CThe 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.True85% confidence7 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Postal Service issued a rule regarding mail-in ballots while subject to an injunction.Said by 2BThe 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.