With the U.S. Senate poised to consider the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, PRRI today released a new survey showing nearly half (48 percent) of Americans believe President Trump’s nominee would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade if confirmed. Just 25 percent of Americans believe […] Read more »
Nearly Half of Latino Voters Support Delaying Nomination Process for Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh
Less than two months before Latino voters head to the polls for the 2018 midterm elections, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund and Latino Decisions released the results of the second wave of its ten-week tracking poll of Latino registered voters. Results from the […] Read more »
How Brett Kavanaugh will collide with a changing America
Last week’s combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearings over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looked at times like a flash-forward to the racially infused politics that may increasingly consume the court, and the nation, through the 2020s. If the Senate confirms Kavanaugh, which still appears likely despite sharpening Democratic questions about […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Americans split on whether to confirm Kavanaugh
Americans are divided on whether or not senators should vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, with 38% who say yes and 39% who say no, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS and released on Tuesday. Contentious hearings did not move the needle in either […] Read more »
Boiling resistance to Trump produces Democrats’ herbal tea party
Some call it the resistance; others label it the herbal tea party. Whatever the name, liberal insurgents demanding a more confrontational approach to President Trump and his Republican allies upended the Democratic establishment last week. From Boston’s Charles River to the Senate committee rooms at the Capitol, from Chicago’s City […] Read more »
Democrats could give Kavanaugh the Bork treatment, and he’d probably still be confirmed
Judge Brett Kavanaugh is one of the least popular Supreme Court nominees of all time. But as long as his popularity ratings don’t drop dramatically, he’s likely to get confirmed. Recent polling shows that Americans are split on whether Kavanaugh should be confirmed. The most recent Gallup poll found 40% […] Read more »