Polls: SCOTUS is Up, POTUS is Down
Ever since the president's ham-fisted warning to the Supreme Court (nice branch of government you got there, shame if anything happened to it), pressure has been mounting for Obama to "run against the Supreme Court" in the upcoming election.
Let's hope he does. A new Rasmussen poll shows that the Court's approval ratings have shot up since the healthcare argument. Granted, the pollsters could not confirm that the public was reacting to the Court's apparent skepticism about ObamaCare. But what else could have changed the public's perception so quickly? Compared to just one month ago, Republican approval of the Court went from 29% to 54%, and (more significantly) Independents went from 26% favorable to 42%. Democrats, by contrast, remained about the same. Across all categories, the percentage of people rating the Court as good or excellent has jumped 13 percent, from 28% to 41%.
Only 15% of voters think the Supreme Court puts too many limitations on what the federal government can do. Twice as many (30%) believe the Supreme Court does not limit the government enough. About 40% think the Court gets it "about right," while 15% are undecided (and persuadable, I hope).
As for the president, Rasmussen has him at a -17% approval rating: 23 % "strongly approve" of his performance, while 40% "strongly disapprove." Bring it, Mr. President!
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Re: Polls: SCOTUS is Up, POTUS is Down
The Obamacare hearings before SCOTUS seemed to me to be novel in that they attracted the attention of a much broader swath of the American electorate than any other case in recent history. I guess that makes sense considering that just about every American will be affected by Obamacare if it's allowed to stand.
Citizens United got a lot of press, mostly negative it seemed. And the 2nd Amendment case Heller got a fair amount of attention, but since it didn't affect presidential politics and occurred in the thick of an election year, it was sort of obscured.
Have there been any other cases that have garnered this much attention since Roe v Wade? I'm sure there have, but I must've missed them on account of my age.
Mar '12
Re: Polls: SCOTUS is Up, POTUS is Down
I'd venture that, at the time, New York Times v. Sullivan, or the so-called "Pentagon Papers" case, got lots of press, though likely because it involved the press and their ability to print classified, stolen government documents.
United States v. Nixon, where the Court ruled that executive privilege did not justify President Nixon's refusal to turn over tapes of conversations that occurred in the Oval Office, was probably a hot-button item at its time, too.
Jul '10
Re: Polls: SCOTUS is Up, POTUS is Down
Diane Ellis, Ed.: The Obamacare hearings before SCOTUS seemed to me to be novel in that they attracted the attention of a much broader swath of the American electorate than any other case in recent history. I guess that makes sense considering that just about every American will be affected by Obamacare if it's allowed to stand.
Citizens Unitedgot a lot of press, mostly negative it seemed. And the 2nd Amendment caseHellergot a fair amount of attention, but since it didn't affect presidential politics and occurred in the thick of an election year, it was sort of obscured.
Have there been any other cases that have garnered this much attention since Roe v Wade? I'm sure there have, but I must've missed them on account of my age.
Bush v. Gore, Diane.
Re: Polls: SCOTUS is Up, POTUS is Down
Palaeologus
Diane Ellis, Ed.: The Obamacare hearings before SCOTUS seemed to me to be novel in that they attracted the attention of a much broader swath of the American electorate than any other case in recent history. I guess that makes sense considering that just about every American will be affected by Obamacare if it's allowed to stand.
Citizens Unitedgot a lot of press, mostly negative it seemed. And the 2nd Amendment caseHellergot a fair amount of attention, but since it didn't affect presidential politics and occurred in the thick of an election year, it was sort of obscured.
Have there been any other cases that have garnered this much attention since Roe v Wade? I'm sure there have, but I must've missed them on account of my age.
Bush v. Gore, Diane. · 11 minutes ago
Oh, but of course!
Re: Polls: SCOTUS is Up, POTUS is Down
Palaeologus
Diane Ellis, Ed.: The Obamacare hearings before SCOTUS seemed to me to be novel in that they attracted the attention of a much broader swath of the American electorate than any other case in recent history. I guess that makes sense considering that just about every American will be affected by Obamacare if it's allowed to stand.
Citizens Unitedgot a lot of press, mostly negative it seemed. And the 2nd Amendment caseHellergot a fair amount of attention, but since it didn't affect presidential politics and occurred in the thick of an election year, it was sort of obscured.
Have there been any other cases that have garnered this much attention since Roe v Wade? I'm sure there have, but I must've missed them on account of my age.
Bush v. Gore, Diane. · 14 minutes ago
True. Also: Kelo -- now that's a decision that politicians at the state level successfully ran against.
Oct '11
Re: Polls: SCOTUS is Up, POTUS is Down
Makes me think of Peter Robinson during the most recent podcast!