The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released a series of rulings that were applauded by conservatives and booed by liberals: Eliminating affirmative action in the college admissions process, rejecting the constitutionality of student debt cancellation proposed by Joe Biden and supporting a designer's refusal to provide her services to a same-sex couple.
The pollsters wasted no time in surveying people's reactions to these three recent decisions. As for the first ruling, the Court's conservative majority ruled that using race as a factor in deciding college admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
According to the ABC/Ipsos poll, 52% of Americans agree with this decision, while 32% disapprove.
On the other hand, the Court found that the president's initiative to cancel student loans must first pass through Congress. Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion and even quoted Nancy Pelosi to bolster his vote.
"As then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi explained," Roberts began, "People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone. He can delay. But he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress."
Along party lines, 71% of Republicans approved the Court's decision, contrasting with only 17% of Democrats.
Finally, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Christian graphic designer who refused to design a website for a homosexual couple because of her religion and beliefs. Americans are a bit more divided on the issue.
According to the polls, 43% approved the ruling in favor of freedom of expression, while 42% disapproved. Divided by political party, 68% of Republicans and 15% of Democrats celebrated the verdict.
The survey was conducted between June 30 and July 1, with a margin of error of about 3.6 percentage points.
