After two years of considerable improvement, Americans’ knowledge of some basic facts about their government has fallen to earlier levels, with less than half of those surveyed able to name the three branches of government for the 2022 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey. The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s annual, nationally […] Read more »
Red states are building a nation within a nation
It was a revealing sign of the times when the Supreme Court last week, in response to a lawsuit from the Republican state attorneys general in Texas and Louisiana, blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from changing a key element of federal immigration policy. The case was just the latest example […] Read more »
High Courts, High Stakes: 2022’s top state supreme court races
Key Points• State supreme court contests often attract little public attention, but they can carry significant weight on policy, especially in an era when courts are having to weigh in on such divisive topics as abortion and election administration.• About two-thirds of the states have some type of state supreme […] Read more »
The good news about gun control isn’t the bipartisan deal
There is good news about gun policy in America. But it’s not the bipartisan agreement that emerged on Capitol Hill this week. … First, those involved in public policy who are not accountable to hardcore Republican voters have come to agree that guns are the problem. As a result, many […] Read more »
C-SPAN/Pierrepont Survey: Public Attitudes About the U.S. Supreme Court
As the Senate prepares to consider a new U.S. Supreme Court justice, a new online national survey of more than 1,000 likely voters conducted for C-SPAN demonstrates strong public interest in the Court’s work and awareness of the Court’s relevance. Over four in five respondents (84%) say Supreme Court decisions have “an impact […] Read more »
Military Brass, Judges Among Professions at New Image Lows
Gallup’s annual rating of the honesty and ethics of various professions finds five of the 22 occupations rated this year at new lows in public esteem. While the majority of Americans continue to believe military officers have high ethics (61%), the score is down 10 percentage points since it was […] Read more »