Almost a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a new Fox News survey finds a majority disagrees with the ruling. At the same time, overall views on the legality of abortion vary by situation and trimester. The national poll of registered voters, released Sunday and conducted […] Read more »
Mother Nature Dissents
Mother Nature is entering a dissenting opinion on last month’s Supreme Court decision that weakened the federal government’s ability to combat climate change. With record heat in Texas that is testing the state’s power grid, a California wildfire that has threatened an ancient grove of sequoias considered a foundation stone […] Read more »
Americans’ Views on Federalism as States Take on More Power
The U.S. Supreme Court concluded its recent ruling overturning Roe v. Wade by saying that decisions on abortion would now be returned “to the people and their elected representatives.” This raises the question of which elected representatives. It is possible that the voice of the people and their elected representatives […] Read more »
As Faith Flags in U.S. Government, Many Voters Want to Upend the System
A majority of American voters across nearly all demographics and ideologies believe their system of government does not work, with 58 percent of those interviewed for a New York Times/Siena College poll saying that the world’s oldest independent constitutional democracy needs major reforms or a complete overhaul. The discontent among […] Read more »
Democrats get bounce in polls after Roe v. Wade is overturned
The idea that “nothing matters” has become a popular refrain in American politics. After all, former President Donald Trump violated all sorts of political norms and barely saw his popularity shift during his presidency. That’s why a lot of people (myself included) were skeptical that the US Supreme Court overturning […] Read more »
A new poll lays bare the GOP’s post-Roe dilemmas
The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has provided Republicans with some difficult choices on how far to go in curtailing abortion rights across the country. Among the ideas already codified in some states and under consideration elsewhere: banning abortion without exceptions for rape and incest, banning mail-order […] Read more »