Obamacare’s contraception mandate, which the Supreme Court pared back Monday in its Hobby Lobby ruling that says bosses can deny employees birth-control coverage if it violates their religious beliefs, has long been framed as a battle over religious freedom. Requiring contraceptive coverage is of particular relevance to Catholics, as so […] Read more »
The Supreme Court and the Court of Public Opinion
In one of two 5-4 Supreme Court decisions announced Monday, the majority of justices ruled that some companies can be exempted from providing contraception coverage for employees. But a March Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that the majority of Americans hold a different view. CONT. Jeff Horwitt (Hart Research), […] Read more »
Majority Still Says Religion Can Answer Today’s Problems
Fifty-seven percent of Americans say that religion can answer all or most of today’s problems, while 30% say that religion is largely old fashioned and out of date. Americans have in recent decades become gradually less likely to say that religion can answer today’s problems and more likely to believe […] Read more »
What We Can Learn From Eric Cantor’s Defeat
… In truth, when an election result hits “10 on the political Richter scale” of shock value, there usually isn’t just one reason for the outcome, but lots of them acting in concert. While surveying the wreckage, Cantor adviser John Murray acknowledged his boss’s loss amounted to “death by a […] Read more »
Public Faith in Congress Falls Again, Hits Historic Low
Americans’ confidence in Congress has sunk to a new low. Seven percent of Americans say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in Congress as an American institution, down from the previous low of 10% in 2013. … Americans’ current confidence in Congress is not only […] Read more »
How the Politics of Nostalgia Sank Eric Cantor
… Like Tea Party challengers across the country, Brat sought to make immigration reform a defining issue in the campaign, accusing Cantor of supporting “amnesty” for immigrants in the country illegally, even though Cantor opposed the comprehensive, bipartisan Senate bill and only supported (but did not bring to the floor) […] Read more »