A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 33% of Likely U.S. Voters now believe that states should have the right to ignore federal court rulings if their elected officials agree with them. That’s up nine points from 24% when we first asked this question in February. Just over half (52%) disagree, down from 58% in the earlier survey. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Of even more interest is this finding:
The voters who feel strongest about overriding the federal courts – Republicans and conservatives - are those who traditionally have been the most supportive of the Constitution and separation of powers. During the Obama years, however, these voters have become increasingly suspicious and even hostile toward the federal government.
Fifty percent (50%) of GOP voters now believe states should have the right to ignore federal court rulings, compared to just 22% of Democrats and 30% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Interestingly, this represents a noticeable rise in support among all three groups.
Fifty percent (50%) of conservative voters share this view, but just 27% of moderates and 15% of liberals agree.
Voters are closely divided in their opinions of both of last week’s major rulings. Negative views of the Supreme Court are at their highest level in nearly nine years of regular surveying.
So the bedrock of the nation is fed up and considering what is basically civil disobedience toward the highest court in the land. Not good.
The conservative folk have always been the law abiders, those who do the right thing even when no one is looking. If you lose that demographic, it's probably only a matter of time before things crack up. It's like when people vilify the police. Sure, there are abusers, but the vast majority of police men and women are dedicated pillars of the community. Lose them, and you get Baltimore, or Detroit.
It's going to be the same with the larger group of those who go to work every day, pay their taxes, raise families, and support the community in every way. Lose them, and it's only a question of time before the people who count in America decide a reorganization is in order. When that happens, the 47% might not like what real Americans decide needs to be done.
Nullification has some serious consequences. The liberals and agitators can keep pushing but there is always a tipping point where the black robes and the position of "professor" will cease to be significant.
ReplyDeleteI think that in order to vote, you must have paid your taxes - and you must be in a position where you pay tax. The layabouts don't deserve a say in government.
ReplyDeleteEvery democracy dies when the people figure out they can vote themselves public money, and become the takers. Soon, the makers refuse to cooperate with that theft.
DeleteCertainly, the franchise in the US is way too broad. How that should be constricted to preserve the Republic is a conversation worth having.
That "47%" comment is why we have a second term of Obama. Plenty of those "47% layabouts" are working poor who pay quite a bit in taxes, they just don't pay Federal income tax. The white working class stayed home in 2012. Who were they gonna vote for? The big government loving, socialized medicine supporting, gun control signing, white working class hating Yankee or Obama?
ReplyDeleteDon't fool yourselves. The cops support the government. They do not support the "Community". They will take your guns and your freedom if that is what they are ordered to do. The people who should not be allowed a vote is any one who works for the government in any agency at any level. Government employees are the true parasites in the USA today.