Majority of Americans think Supreme Court overturning Roe was more about politics than law

With confidence in the Supreme Court falling, more than half of Americans oppose the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and nearly six in 10 say the ruling was based more on politics than on the law, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. Conducted […] Read more »

Democrats still have this glimmer of hope for the midterm elections

President Joe Biden can’t avoid a bad midterm election. But with a boost last week from the US Supreme Court, he still might avoid the worst. A bad election means losing the Democratic majority in the US House of Representatives, which his own party’s strategists now consider virtually certain. A […] Read more »

A historically unpopular Supreme Court made a historically unpopular decision

This week, the US Supreme Court delivered its most controversial decision in at least a decade. The ruling to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion may have major electoral consequences in this year’s midterm elections. I covered the political impact in […] Read more »

Biden’s Economic Disaster Means Election Success for GOP, Trump

This national poll of 1,000 likely voters conducted June 17 to 22 says that with 137 days to election day, if Americans can survive economically, they will finally vote to end the pain, suffering, and pessimism that President Biden and his Democratic majorities are inflicting upon them. 71% of all […] Read more »

End of Roe v. Wade may not hurt Republicans in Congress, but it could sting them in the states

The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade in arguably its biggest decision in at least a decade. The practical consequences of eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion are enormous. You might think, therefore, that the political fallout would be too. But a look at the political landscape and […] Read more »