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 […] Read more »
The data behind the Supreme Court’s shift to the right
The Supreme Court has long painted itself as a safe space, in a country dominated by political partisanship, where the law and the Constitution rule. But data from recent years puts some weight behind the critics who argue that the highest court in the land has taken on a more […] Read more »
Supreme Court’s move on abortion pill in line with majority of Americans
Roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, oppose laws that ban access to medication abortion, in line with the Supreme Court’s move on Friday to maintain the status quo on the drug mifepristone for now. That’s according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, which was conducted while the […] Read more »
Two-thirds oppose banning medication abortion
Strong majorities of Americans oppose laws banning medication abortion, disagree with judges overturning Food and Drug Administration approval of prescription drugs, don’t have much confidence in the Supreme Court and don’t think justices should serve lifetime appointments, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Monday. … A lower court […] Read more »
How the public sees the case on mifepristone
Today, the Supreme Court is set to rule on the Biden administration’s emergency FDA approval of mifepristone, following conflicting court rulings on whether the drug could still be used. As pundits, politicians, and now Supreme Court Justices weigh in on what should happen, it’s worth asking how the public makes […] Read more »
Most Americans support the availability by prescription of abortion-inducing drugs
… According to the latest Economist/YouGov poll, 48% of Americans strongly or somewhat oppose judges overruling decisions made by the FDA approving a drug as “safe and effective.” One-third (33%) of Americans support the judge’s decision. A majority of Americans (53%) support the abortion-inducing drugs mifepristone and misoprostol being legal […] Read more »