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Media reports (inaccurately?) on public support for Atkins, Graham, Heller and Roper

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this new press story, which is headlined "Public backs most high court rulings," a recent report suggests that the general public is generally supportive of the Supreme Court's recent pro-defendant Eighth Amendment rulings and pro-gun Second Amendment ruling.  Here are snippets from the press story: The Supreme Court shifted to the right four years ago when conservative Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. succeeded moderate Sandra Day O?Connor.  And if American public opinion is the measure, the Roberts court has made the right call in most of its major decisions since then, according to a recent study that asked respondents about cases. A strong majority favored conservative rulings that prohibited ?partial-birth? abortions, upheld a homeowner?s right to have a gun, and required voters to show photo identification...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 17, 2010 (boomark / email).