The Major Supreme Court Decisions in 2022

… According to a recent survey from researchers at Harvard, Stanford and the University of Texas, the public is closely divided on how the court should rule in several major cases. In many of them, though, respondents held starkly different views based on their partisan affiliations. Here is a look […] Read more »

Tennessee: Approval for Biden and Lee—and for a 2024 Trump presidential run—drops as voter malaise simmers

In a sign that malaise over rising inflation and stressors related to pandemic recovery could be influencing Tennesseans’ attitudes toward elected leaders, support for President Joe Biden and Gov. Bill Lee has dropped among registered voters, according to the most recent statewide Vanderbilt Poll. … Tennesseans also see a U.S. […] Read more »

Most Americans Favor the Death Penalty Despite Concerns About Its Administration

The use of the death penalty is gradually disappearing in the United States. Last year, in part because of the coronavirus outbreak, fewer people were executed than in any year in more than three decades. Yet the death penalty for people convicted of murder continues to draw support from a […] Read more »