… The partisan polarization on the court reflects similarly deep divisions in Congress, the electorate and the elite circles in which the justices move. … The perception that partisan politics has infected the court’s work may do lasting damage to its prestige and authority and to Americans’ faith in the […] Read more »
Broad Bi-Partisan Consensus Supports Reforms to Supreme Court
A new poll conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps reveals that the Supreme Court has very lackluster job performance ratings and is viewed as overly political by Americans, who support a wide range of reforms for our nation’s highest court. Perhaps most remarkably, even in a time of […] Read more »
Supreme Court Favorability Rebounds
Favorable views of the Supreme Court are back above 50%, having rebounded from historic lows reached in the summer of 2013. However, the court still has several major decisions pending that could impact the public’s views, including rulings on challenges to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers include contraceptive […] Read more »
Americans On the Use of Race as a Factor in College Admissions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state of Michigan’s ban on considering race as a factor in admissions to the state’s public colleges and universities, government contracting, and public employment. … This whole area of focus on affirmative action is not only controversial, but also complex and somewhat difficult […] Read more »
Answers on Affirmative Action Depend on How You Pose the Question
Polling about affirmative action and racial issues is inherently difficult, and responses differ rather widely based on question wording. As a result, both sides in the debate are able to promote poll numbers that suggest a majority of Americans agrees with them. In the wake of Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision […] Read more »
The High Cost of Free Speech
After the so called Sheldon primary, when four potential candidates for the Republican presidential nomination went to Las Vegas to court the casino owner Sheldon Adelson, it took a heavy dose of audacity on the part of Chief Justice John Roberts to claim on April 2 that “ingratiation and access […] Read more »