In assessing the state of U.S. democracy, Americans continue to give their country negative ratings for living up to several key democratic ideals and principles. And in some cases, these assessments have turned less positive since 2018. Notably, the share of Americans who say the phrase “people are free to […] Read more »
Approval of the Supreme Court Is Highest Since 2009
After the conclusion of the U.S. Supreme Court’s eventful 2019-2020 term, most Americans (58%) approve of the way the judicial body is handling its job — the court’s highest rating in over a decade. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
The Major Supreme Court Cases This Term and What the Public Thinks
In the Supreme Court’s first full term since the arrival of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh shifted it to the right, the justices confronted an unusually potent mix of political and social issues in the middle of both a presidential election year and a public health crisis. Among the decisions that […] Read more »
Rulings on Wisconsin Election Raise Questions About Judicial Partisanship
In a pair of extraordinary rulings on Monday, the highest courts in Wisconsin and the nation split along ideological lines to reject Democratic efforts to defer voting in Tuesday’s elections in the state given the coronavirus pandemic. Election law experts said the stark divisions in the rulings did not bode […] Read more »
Why Republicans will stick with Trump in 2020 — even if they don’t love his behavior
… The Republicans who make a living hating Trump today hated him before he was elected. The rest of the party remains solidly behind him. The reason for that, as we enter this election year, is less granular than feeling happy or sad about a specific presidential behavior. Rather, it […] Read more »
Why Is Trump Finding More Protection Than Nixon Did?
Richard Nixon was a crafty president, at war with his political enemies but inclined to carry out most of his battles behind the scenes. Donald Trump trumpets his grievances, using public lashings to diminish his enemies and nip at allies who anger him. Nixon began his second term in January […] Read more »