The Evidence Record
- Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 2: Russia’s Use of Social Media
Government Record · 2019
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report on the Internet Research Agency's social media operations. It documents a structured foreign campaign to inflame American social and racial divisions.
- S. 2357, Protect Children’s Innocence Act, 118th Congress (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Sen. J. D. Vance
S. 2357 was introduced by Senator J. D. Vance on July 18, 2023 and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. No Senate or House passage was…
- Sackett v. EPA (2012)
Court Filing · 2012
Supreme Court of the United States (Scalia, J., for a unanimous Court; Alito, J., concurring)
U.S. Supreme Court, March 2012, unanimous: the Sacketts could go to court to challenge EPA's 2007 compliance order on their small lot near Priest Lake, Idaho.…
- Sackett v. EPA, 598 U.S. 651
Court Filing · 2023
Supreme Court of the United States
Sackett narrowed Clean Water Act jurisdiction in 2023. It did not cause Robertson’s 2019-2020 post-death vacatur and abatement.
- Safeguarding Pharmaceutical Supply Chains in a Global Economy
Government Record · 2019
Janet Woodcock, M.D., FDA
FDA's Janet Woodcock, October 2019 testimony: only 28 percent of the factories making drug ingredients for the U.S. market were in the U.S., and the FDA…
- Safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines: a two-phased study of computerized health maintenance organization databases (2003)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2003
Verstraeten T, Davis RL, DeStefano F, et al.
The published form of the VSD analysis first aired at Simpsonwood. Phase I found isolated signals (tics RR 1.89 at HMO A; language delay RR 1.13…
- SAG-AFTRA Rescinds “Do Not Work” Order for Michael Bay-Produced Pandemic Film
News Report · 2020
The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter, July 2, 2020: the actors' union SAG-AFTRA lifted its order telling members not to work on Songbird.
- Salt Lake County Declines Charges Against Tim Ballard (2025)
News Report · 2025
ABC4
ABC4, November 2025: the Salt Lake County district attorney declined to charge Tim Ballard for lack of admissible evidence, saying that does not mean the accusers…
- Salt Lake Tribune: OUR Wanted Tim Ballard Gone in 72 Hours (2023)
News Report · 2023
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune, November 2023: court documents show Operation Underground Railroad's board asked Ballard to resign within 72 hours; he gave other reasons for leaving.
- Sandia: Active Denial Technology (2005)
Government Record · 2005
Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories, 2005: the Active Denial System fires a 95 GHz beam that penetrates about 1/64 inch into skin, causing intense pain. Exposure is limited…
- Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745
Court Filing · 1982
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court held that a state must prove its case by at least clear and convincing evidence before permanently terminating parental rights.
- Saving Shirley Temple: An Attempt to Secure Financial Futures for Child Performers
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2000
Peter M. Christiano
Law review history of the Coogan Law, passed in 1939 after child star Jackie Coogan's parents spent nearly all of his earnings. The original law let…
- SB26-070 — Ban Government Access Historical Location Information Database
Government Record · 2026
Colorado General Assembly
Colorado SB26-070, a bill to ban government access to historical location databases. It failed.
- SB2712 — Immigration Enforcement Act, Synopsis As Introduced
Government Record · 2025
Illinois General Assembly / Sen. Laura Fine
Illinois SB2712, the proposed Immigration Enforcement Act, which would add plate reader limits and fines up to $25,000 per violation. Introduced.
- SB3816 — Automated License Plate Recognition System Act, Synopsis As Introduced
Government Record · 2026
Illinois General Assembly / Sen. Celina Villanueva
Illinois SB3816 (2026), the Senate version of the plate reader act. Introduced; not enacted as of August 2026.
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, district-court docket
Court Filing · 2024
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Court docket for Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, the federal lawsuit challenging Norfolk's network of Flock cameras.
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Document 191
Court Filing · 2026
Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, E.D. Va.
Schmidt v. Norfolk, January 2026: after discovery, the judge ruled for Norfolk on summary judgment, finding the evidence did not show the cameras captured the whole…
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Document 29
Court Filing · 2025
Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, E.D. Va.
Schmidt v. Norfolk, February 2025: the judge refused to dismiss the case, ruling the Fourth Amendment claims were plausible enough to go forward.
- Schmidt v. City of Norfolk, Document 66 (Flock intervention)
Court Filing · 2025
Chief Judge Mark S. Davis, E.D. Va.
Schmidt v. Norfolk, May 2025: the judge denied Flock's request to join the case. The ruling notes Flock owns Norfolk's cameras under a contract worth up…
- Schwermut ohne Scham (2012)
News Report · 2012
Jörg Blech; Der Spiegel
The publisher-indexed wording attributes to Leon Eisenberg the statement that ADHD is a prime example of a fabricated disorder.
- Science: Pharma Payments to FDA Advisers After Approvals (2018)
News Report · 2018
Charles Piller; data analysis by Charles Piller and Jia You
Science, July 2018: of 107 FDA advisers who voted on drugs, 40 later got over $10,000 from the makers or competitors, 26 over $100,000 and six…
- Scientific Review of Vaccine Safety Datalink Information — Simpsonwood Retreat Center meeting transcript (2000)
Government Record · 2000
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (meeting of federal officials, vaccine manufacturers, and outside scientists)
Transcript of the closed two-day June 7-8, 2000 meeting at the Simpsonwood Retreat Center, Norcross, GA, convened to review Thomas Verstraeten's first-phase VSD analysis of thimerosal…
- SDNY: Remarks on the Indictment and Arrest of Jeffrey Epstein (2019)
Government Record · 2019
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, July 2019: announced sex trafficking charges against Epstein for abusing dozens of girls, some as young as 14. Epstein died before trial.
- Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains”
News Report · 2017
Mike Allen / Axios
Parker retrospectively described maximizing attention and said creators understood the psychological mechanism consciously. He also said, “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains.”