As the 2016 campaign begins to take shape, prisons and criminal justice reform are emerging as a surprise issue. Last week President Barack Obama visited a federal prison in Oklahoma to discuss reform and Republican presidential hopefuls Rand Paul and Chris Christie have been touting the need for change. How […] Read more »
Democrats View U.S. Justices Kennedy, Roberts Favorably
More Democrats have a favorable than an unfavorable view of Republican-appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and John Roberts, while Republicans’ opinions of the justices are much more negative than positive. Democrats’ views of another GOP-appointed justice, Antonin Scalia, are more unfavorable than favorable, while Republicans rate him favorably. […] Read more »
Republicans’ Approval of Supreme Court Sinks to 18%
After a historic Supreme Court session that included rulings on same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act, Democrats’ approval of the high court has surged to 76% and Republicans’ approval has plummeted to a record-low 18%. Americans overall are divided, with 49% approving and 46% disapproving. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, […] Read more »
Seeing, in John Roberts, a Fair Umpire at the Supreme Court
… A June WSJ/NBC News poll conducted before the recent landmark rulings on the Affordable Care Act and same-sex marriage found that 42% of Americans are able to identify the chief justice by name. … And Justice Roberts’s name identification has declined 20 points from July 2012, shortly after the […] Read more »
What makes this Supreme Court different from other Supreme Courts?
Here’s what last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions signify: Old America has conceded to the New America. The New America is the coalition that came to power with President Barack Obama in 2008 and gave him the winning majority. It’s a coalition of groups marginalized for most of U.S. history: […] Read more »
Majorities back Supreme Court rulings on marriage, Obamacare
Most Americans say they support each of the two major Supreme Court rulings issued late last week, and nearly four in 10 now say they view the Court as too liberal. … Support for each ruling is sharply divided by party, with most Democrats and independents behind both, and most […] Read more »