Poll: More Americans expect Supreme Court’s health-care decision to be political
By Robert Barnes and Scott Clement,
WashPost
Published: April 10
More Americans think Supreme Court justices will be acting mainly on their partisan political views than on a neutral reading of the law when they decide the constitutionality of President Obama’s health-care law, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Half of the public expects the justices to rule mainly based on their “partisan political views,” while fewer, 40 percent, expect their decisions to be rooted primarily “on the basis of the law.” The rest say both equally or do not have an opinion.
The court held a historic three days of oral arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last month, and its ruling probably will come just before the court adjourns at the end of June. The poll shows little enthusiasm for the Obama administration’s position that the law, passed by the Democratic Congress in 2010, should be upheld in full.
Only a quarter of Americans choose that as the desired outcome. Thirty-eight percent would like the entire law thrown out; 29 percent would like the court to strike the requirement that individuals obtain health insurance and to keep the rest of the law.
(More here.)
WashPost
Published: April 10
More Americans think Supreme Court justices will be acting mainly on their partisan political views than on a neutral reading of the law when they decide the constitutionality of President Obama’s health-care law, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Half of the public expects the justices to rule mainly based on their “partisan political views,” while fewer, 40 percent, expect their decisions to be rooted primarily “on the basis of the law.” The rest say both equally or do not have an opinion.
The court held a historic three days of oral arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last month, and its ruling probably will come just before the court adjourns at the end of June. The poll shows little enthusiasm for the Obama administration’s position that the law, passed by the Democratic Congress in 2010, should be upheld in full.
Only a quarter of Americans choose that as the desired outcome. Thirty-eight percent would like the entire law thrown out; 29 percent would like the court to strike the requirement that individuals obtain health insurance and to keep the rest of the law.
(More here.)
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1 Comments:
Not surprising given the comments last week by President Obama. Obama is all about politics, he's a liar and the most corrupt crony socialist in the nation's history. when he's reading a teleprompter, he's quite mellifluous. When the teleprompter is off - but the microphones are still on - we get a glimpse of the real Obama. A man with disdain for separation of power, a man who operates solely on 'my way or the highway' mentality, a man so convinced of his divinity, he expects to cruise to re-election.
The SCOTUS decision will be seen as political because that is all Obama knows.
You should read the April 05, 2012 editorial from the Mankato Free Press which was a rebuke of Obama's politicization of the SCOTUS process as 'an unelected group of people'. My, my, my, testy aren't we, Mr President?
Senator Hatch said it best: "It must be nice to live in a fantasy world where every law you like is constitutional and every Supreme Court decision you don't is 'activist'"
If Obama would lead like a president rather than like a dictator, perhaps ObamaCare wouldn't be viewed through the political lens.
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