{"id":1963168,"date":"2023-07-03T11:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-americans-agree-with-supreme-court-rulings-on-race-based-admissions-debt-cancellation-poll\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T11:46:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:46:48","slug":"most-americans-agree-with-supreme-court-rulings-on-race-based-admissions-debt-cancellation-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-americans-agree-with-supreme-court-rulings-on-race-based-admissions-debt-cancellation-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Majority of Americans Support Supreme Court&#8217;s Rulings on Race-Based Admissions and Debt Cancellation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmost-americans-agree-with-supreme-court-rulings-on-race-based-admissions-debt-cancellation-poll%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0703\/9d3accc1-6743-4bd7-ba86-a7f00198f9b5\/audio.mp3?length=4909581&#038;duration=409\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A recent ABC News\/Ipsos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/americans-split-recent-supreme-court-decisions\">poll<\/a> found that most Americans are in agreement with the Supreme Court&#8217;s recent rulings in three high-profile cases.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of Americans, 52 percent, approved of the decision against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-court-strikes-down-affirmative-action-policies-at-us-colleges_5363356.html\">race-based admissions<\/a> in higher education, while 32 percent disapproved.<\/p>\n<p>The court&#8217;s ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defenders-of-race-based-college-admissions-cant-explain-its-educational-benefits\/\" title=\"Defenders Of Race-Based College Admissions Can\u2019t Explain Its Educational Benefits\">affirmative action-based admissions<\/a> was the result of its hearing two cases\u2014originally filed in 2014\u2014that were brought by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), with the first against Harvard College, and the second against the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n<p>In the Harvard case, a points-based system was found to have been used in the admissions process where race was a specific factor, and the school&#8217;s capping of the number of Asian applicants was deemed impermissible. In the UNC case, the school was found to have disadvantaged white applicants in favor of black applicants.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of poll respondents believed that students of all races have a fair chance of getting into the college of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to white students, 67 percent of Americans believed they had a fair chance, while 22 percent believed they had an unfair advantage and 9 percent believed they had a disadvantage. Regarding black students, 47 percent thought they had a fair chance while 15 percent thought they had an unfair advantage, with 36 percent believing they had an unfair disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>Half of the respondents said Hispanic students had a fair chance, while 12 percent thought they had an unfair advantage and 37 percent an unfair disadvantage. Sixty-five percent of respondents thought Asian students had a fair chance, while 11 percent thought they had an unfair advantage and 22 percent thought they had an unfair disadvantage.<\/p>\n<h2>Narrow Margin of Approval<\/h2>\n<p>When it came to Americans&#8217; approval of the court&#8217;s rulings on two other cases, the margins were narrower.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-five percent approved of the court&#8217;s decision to strike down the Biden administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-court-strikes-down-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-program_5364291.html\">student loan debt cancellation<\/a> plan, while 40 percent disapproved.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-court-rules-for-christian-web-designer-in-forced-speech-case_5365914.html\">forced speech<\/a> case that allowed a Christian website designer to refuse to provide services for a same<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-web-designer-loses-same-sex-wedding-website-case\/\" title=\"Colorado Web Designer Loses Same-Sex Wedding Website Case\">-sex wedding website<\/a> had the narrowest margin, with 43 percent approving and 42 percent disapproving.<\/p>\n<h2>Accusations of Partisan Politics<\/h2>\n<p>The court&#8217;s 6-3 rulings have drawn considerable attention.<\/p>\n<p>Nine justices comprise the nation&#8217;s highest court, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Clarence Thomas appointed by Republican presidents, and Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor appointed by Democratic presidents.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of Americans\u2014some 53 percent\u2014believed that, in their recent decisions, the justices were ruling &#8220;on the basis of their partisan political views&#8221; rather than &#8220;on the basis of the law,&#8221; at 33 percent.<\/p>\n<p>This was an increase of 10 points from when the same question was asked in an ABC News\/Ipsos poll conducted in January 2022. Pollsters noted that respondents who agreed with the rulings were not equally split down partisan lines: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-americans-agree-with-supreme-court-rulings-on-race-based-admissions-debt-cancellation-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority of Americans Support Supreme Court's Rulings on Race-Based Admissions and Debt Cancellation.\">debt cancellation plan ruling received approval<\/a> from 71 percent of respondents who vote Republican, and just 17 percent of those voting for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers\u2014and justices\u2014have expressed similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-lawmakers-divided-over-supreme-courts-2-major-rulings_5368503.html\">views<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-lawmakers-divided-over-supreme-courts-2-major-rulings_5368503.html\">legislators<\/a> have been sharply divided on the recent Supreme Court rulings\u2014right down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/conservatives-are-giving-trump-credit-for-recent-scotus-rulings_5367530.html\">partisan<\/a> lines. Republicans have applauded the conservative-majority court&#8217;s decisions, while Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-courts-affirmative-action-ruling-draws-celebration-and-criticism_5365284.html\">accused the justices of overreach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;A Fair Chance&#8217; at College Admissions, Regardless of Race<\/h2>\n<p>On race-based admissions, or affirmative action, Republicans referenced the equal protection clause under the 14th amendment, with some going a step further by describing the rulings as victories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Supreme Court made the right decision today. Colleges should not be able to discriminate against applicants based on the color of their skin,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenThomTillis\/status\/1674453096280334337?s=20\">wrote<\/a> Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) in a Twitter post.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) also took to Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepYoungKim\/status\/1674452222757810186?s=20\">writing<\/a> that &#8220;Today&#8217;s decision is a huge victory for students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>resulted in a favorable outcome for most Americans, with 52% approving the decision against race-based admissions in higher education, according to an ABC News\/Ipsos poll. In contrast, 32% disapproved of the ruling. 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