Recent Supreme Court rulings alienate the left but are hardly unpopular

After a series of key setbacks for their side on affirmative action, gay weddings and student loan debt forgiveness, Democrats are again railing against the Supreme Court. They have lumped the decisions in with perhaps the court’s most unpopular and consequential adverse ruling in recent times: the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year.

But unlike the decision that ended Americans’ right to abortion, these most recent decisions are not as obviously unpopular with the American public. And indeed, some of them could even be understood as having popular support. CONTINUED

Aaron Blake, Washington Post


The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.