From Rasmussen:
During his acceptance speech last night at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota, John McCain told the audience, “We believe in a strong defense, work, faith, service, a culture of life, personal responsibility, the rule of law, and judges who dispense justice impartially and don’t legislate from the bench.” Most American voters (60%) agrees and says the Supreme Court should make decisions based on what is written in the constitution, while 30% say rulings should be guided on the judge’s sense of fairness and justice. The number who agree with McCain is up from 55% in August.
While 82% of voters who support McCain believe the justices should rule on what is in the Constitution, just 29% of Barack Obama’s supporters agree. Just 11% of McCain supporters say judges should rule based on the judge’s sense of fairness, while nearly half (49%) of Obama supporters agree.
In terms of how the Supreme Court currently makes decisions, just 42% of voters think the justices rule from what is in the Constitution. Thirty-percent (30%) say they are guided by a sense of fairness and justice. Democrats are more likely than Republicans and unaffiliated voters to believe the justices base rulings on the Constitution.
It is unsurprising, but still flabbergasting, that only 29% of Obama’s supporters believe the justices should rule on what is in the Constitution – showing how monumentally foolish liberal voters are; they don’t understand that what 9 justices give, 9 justices can take away…if we got a situation where a solid majority were activists from the right, then liberals would find themselves behind the 8 ball. Much better if we just have judges who look at the written law and apply it, and if its unclear they direct the legislative branch to clarify.
Meanwhile, this is yet another issue McCain/Palin can use to hammer Obama/What’s His Name – the people want judges who enforce the law, not make it up as they go along.
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