{"id":115475,"date":"2021-05-30T17:25:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T17:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=115475"},"modified":"2021-05-30T17:25:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T17:25:39","slug":"fact-check-false-claim-about-supreme-court-justice-amy-coney-barrett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/fact-check-false-claim-about-supreme-court-justice-amy-coney-barrett\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: False claim about Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett"},"content":{"rendered":"

The claim: Justice Amy Coney Barrett is under house arrest<\/h2>\n

As the Supreme Court agreed to take up a controversial\u00a0Mississippi abortion case, posts surfaced online claiming a member of the court was placed under house arrest by the military.<\/p>\n

The claims target the Supreme Court’s newest\u00a0member,\u00a0Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump to replace the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Military Puts SCJ Amy Coney Barrett on House Arrest,” reads a screenshot of a headline from a DuckDuckGo\u00a0search result, which was shared to Instagram on May 21.<\/p>\n

In a similar version of the claim posted to Facebook on May 21, a user cited Real Raw News and claimed the site is “generally very accurate.” The\u00a0claim also made its way to YouTube\u00a0<\/span><\/font>in a video with more than 2,500\/\/ views.<\/p>\n

There is no evidence Barrett was placed under house arrest.\u00a0The false claim stems from\u00a0a website\u00a0that says it publishes satire.<\/p>\n

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USA TODAY reached out to Real Raw News and social media users who shared the post for comment.<\/p>\n

No evidence of arrest<\/h2>\n

There is no evidence the military has placed Barrett under house arrest. She has been seen in public since the claim first appeared online.<\/p>\n

Reports of Barrett being placed under house arrest first appeared May 19 in articles\u00a0published by Before It’s News and Real Raw News\u00a0headlined,\u00a0“Military Puts SCJ Amy Coney Barrett on House Arrest.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The articles baselessly assert Trump invoked the Insurrection Act of 1807, giving\u00a0officials the power to arrest citizens for being the target of a military investigation. <\/p>\n

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Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C., weeks before her confirmation to the Supreme Court. (Photo: Pool photo by Demetrius Freeman)<\/span><\/p>\n

Claims that Trump invoked the Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to dispatch the military in states that cannot control insurrections, have been proven false.\u00a0The only source included in the story\u00a0is an unnamed “source in Trump’s Deep State battle.”<\/p>\n

That’s a reference to the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, which says there’s a\u00a0“deep state”\u00a0apparatus\u00a0run by political elites, business leaders and Hollywood celebrities that is\u00a0actively working to undermine\u00a0Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, Barrett has been seen since April 15,\u00a0the day the articles claim the arrest was made. A photo taken by pool photographer Erin Schaff on April 23 shows Barrett posing in a group photo of Supreme Court justices.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The websites for local and federal\u00a0District of Columbia courts, the Supreme Court, the Department of Defense,\u00a0U.S. Army criminal investigation command,\u00a0federal district court in the Eastern District of Virginia\u00a0and the\u00a0U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC\u00a0Circuit,\u00a0make no mention of the arrest. There are also no credible news reports that it ever took place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Website says it publishes\u00a0satire<\/h2>\n

The\u00a0outlet that published the claim\u00a0has previously published false claims about the arrest\u00a0of high-profile politicians. Real Raw News defines itself as an “independent publisher” that “explores content often avoided by the mainstream media.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

A disclaimer on the site’s “About Us” page\u00a0says information on the site is for informational, educational and entertainment purposes and its content contains “humor, parody, and satire.”<\/p>\n

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USA TODAY has previously debunkedclaims shared by Real Raw News alleging former Secretary of State\u00a0Hillary Clinton and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep.\u00a0Adam Schiff, D-Calif.,\u00a0were\u00a0arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our rating: False<\/h2>\n

The claim that Barrett was placed under house arrest is FALSE, based on our research. The claim originated on a website\u00a0that says it publishes satire, and there is no evidence the arrest ever took place. Barrett has been seen since the date the article claims she was arrested. Similar articles from the site claiming public figures were\u00a0arrested have been previously debunked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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