As abortion returns to the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket, majorities of Americans support maintaining Roe v. Wade, oppose states making it harder for abortion clinics to operate and see abortion primarily as a decision to be made by a woman and her doctor, not lawmakers. Americans — 60-27% — say […] Read more »
Competing Visions of America: An Evolving Identity or a Culture Under Attack?
Nearly one year into the Biden administration, a new national survey released today by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) highlights the stark differences along party lines in how Americans are experiencing changes in the country. PRRI’s comprehensive 12th annual American Values Survey, released in partnership with the Brookings Institution, […] Read more »
Why Biden’s approval rating is tanking and how Americans view democracy, justice
A new national poll paints a troubling picture of an American electorate worried about the future of democracy, sharply divided on issues of personal freedom and dissatisfied with President Joe Biden’s leadership. Judy Woodruff walks through the results with Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Company, which wrote the poll […] Read more »
62% of Americans say politics, not law drives Supreme Court decisions
EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW is the motto of the Supreme Court of the United States, but more than 60% of Americans today believe the decisions of the court are based more on the political leanings of justices than the Constitution and the law, according to the newest edition of the […] Read more »
1 in 3 Americans Say They Might Consider Abolishing or Limiting Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court’s fall term begins, a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania finds that more than a third of Americans say they might be willing to abolish the Supreme Court or have Congress limit its jurisdiction if the court were to […] Read more »
In political spotlight, Supreme Court embarks on extraordinarily controversial term
The Supreme Court embarks Monday on what could be an extraordinarily controversial term, with its justices on the defensive, its actions and structure under a political microscope and abortion — the most divisive issue of them all — taking center stage. Before the term ends next summer, the justices will […] Read more »