When the Supreme Court issues its decision on the legality of same-sex marriage at the end of the month, nearly two-thirds (65%) of Americans believe that the court will overturn state bans preventing same-sex couples from marrying and make same-sex marriage legal nationwide. Only one-quarter (25%) of the public says […] Read more »
Opinion poll shocker: voters want politicians to save Obamacare
Members of Congress often take the view that inaction is less dangerous to their political futures than action, but the moment is approaching that doing nothing could cost millions of Americans a cumulative billions of dollars. Unsurprisingly, several recent polls show that the public wants the lawmakers to get off […] Read more »
Trust lacking in Supreme Court over handling of key issues
With major Supreme Court decisions on health care and same-sex marriage expected this month, many lack trust in the Supreme Court’s handling of those two issues, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. Yet most approve of the way the court is handling its job generally. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Court Case Can Put House Further Out of Reach for Democrats
… Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, Evenwel v. Abbott. It’s about whether voting districts need to have equal populations (as they do today), or whether they need to have equal numbers of eligible voters: adults who are citizens and who haven’t been disenfranchised as a […] Read more »
The Mysterious Number of American Citizens
Many Americans believe that someone, somewhere in Washington, must be in charge of tracking who is and who isn’t a citizen of the United States. Apparently, so does the U.S. Supreme Court, which just accepted a voting rights case that turns on the government’s ability to count the number of […] Read more »
AP-GfK Poll: Can Supreme Court be fair in health law case?
Many people in the United States doubt that the Supreme Court can rule fairly in the latest litigation jeopardizing President Barack Obama’s health care law. The Associated Press-GfK poll finds only 1 person in 10 is highly confident that the justices will rely on objective interpretations of the law rather […] Read more »