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Jul 03, 2012 - The public has long been divided in its opinions about the 2010 health care law. There is now a similar division of opinion over last week’s Supreme Court decision to uphold the law – 40% say they disapprove of the decision, while 36% approve and nearly a quarter (24%) offer no opinion.
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Jun 18, 2012 - As the Supreme Court session nears its end, new polling shows the public is unlikely to be happy with any ruling on the health care law and a majority still supports Arizona's immigration law.
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May 10, 2012 - President Obama announced his support for gay marriage this week after a long consideration saying his views were "evolving." The public's view of gay marriage has changed over the past several decades, with growing support. In 1996, Americans opposed gay marriage by 65% to 27%, but the public is more evenly divided today.
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May 01, 2012 - Public assessments of the Supreme Court have reached a quarter-century low. Unlike past years in which opinion was divided along partisan lines, The court now receives relatively low favorable ratings from Republicans, Democrats and independents alike.
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Apr 02, 2012 - While most Americans say last week's Supreme Court hearings on the 2010 health care law did not change their views of the law or of the Court, they did more harm than good to the image of both, according to a national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and The Washington Post.
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Mar 30, 2012 - The controversy over the killing of Trayvon Martin has highlighted a range of issues that include treatment of blacks by local police departments, the state of race relations in the U.S. and news coverage of African Americans. Surveys by the Pew Research Center in recent years found that African Americans have had markedly different perceptions than whites when it came to these subjects.
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Mar 26, 2012 - As the Supreme Court hears arguments this week about the 2010 Affordable Care Act, surveys show that the public remains divided over the basic law. However, majorities continue to oppose the key element of the bill before the Court this week -- the requirement that all Americans buy health insurance or face a penalty.
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Feb 14, 2012 - Americans are closely divided over whether religiously-affiliated institutions should be given an exemption if they objected to a proposed federal rule that would require employers to cover birth control as part of their health care benefit plans. The Obama administration has since modified the rule in response to criticism that it would force religious organizations to violate their religious beliefs.
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Jun 20, 2011 - Half say the Court's rulings should be based on its understanding of what the Constitution means in current times, while about as many say rulings should be based on its understanding of what the Constitution meant as originally written.
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Mar 23, 2011 - March 25 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a disaster often credited with strengthening the nascent U.S. labor union movement. Public approval of unions has fluctuated since then but has recently hit post-1930 lows.
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Mar 08, 2011 - While a 57%-majority says the government should work to curb obesity among children, few rate it a policy priority and there is strong opposition from conservatives.
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Feb 24, 2011 - According to surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center, the public continues to favor tough measures to crack down on illegal immigration. Yet Americans see no contradiction in supporting both stepped-up border security and a way for people already in the United States illegally to gain citizenship.
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Feb 15, 2011 - With renewal being debated by Congress, opinions have changed only slightly since the Bush years; 42% call the law a needed anti-terrorism tool, 34% see it as a threat to civil liberties.
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Jan 19, 2011 - In the wake of the shootings in Arizona, public views on gun control and gun rights remain unchanged and sharply partisan. Most saw the event as the act of a troubled individual rather than as a sign of broader social problems.
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May 12, 2010 - The public broadly supports a new Arizona law aimed at dealing with illegal immigration and the law’s provisions giving police increased powers to stop and detain people who are suspected of being in the country illegally.
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Apr 01, 2010 - Nearly three-quarters of Americans—across all political and demographic groups—say they favor allowing sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes. Support for general legalization is lower but has continued to rise over the past two decades.
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Mar 23, 2010 - The public is divided over whether state and local governments should be able to pass laws banning the sale and possession of handguns. The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the next few months on the constitutionality of a 28-year-old Chicago law prohibiting handgun ownership in that city.
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Nov 19, 2009 - While most Americans oppose government funding of abortion, few cite funding as a reason for opposing health care reform legislation. If anything, opposition to reform has declined since abortion was debated, with currently 42% in favor and 39% opposed to the reform proposals in Congress.
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Feb 18, 2009 - In 2007, Latinos accounted for 40% of all sentenced federal offenders—more than triple their share of the total U.S. adult population.
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Sep 29, 2008 - Although the frequency of abortions in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest point since 1974, the debate over abortion continues to play a prominent role in state and federal politics.
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Sep 16, 2008 - A Pew Forum survey analysis finds that the general public’s views on the legality of abortion have held relatively steady over the years.
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Jan 17, 2007 - Support for the death penalty has faded in recent years, and it is expected that capital punishment will be legally and legislatively challenged in the near future.
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Sep 28, 2005 - Commentary on opinion polls related to evolution and the teaching of evolution in the classroom.
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Jul 21, 2005 - National survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press on opinions of Karl Rove, the Supreme Court and President Bush.
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Oct 01, 2004 - A new subsidiary — the Pew Research Center — is one change following Pew's governing transformation. The components of this organization, however, are well known.
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