According to a recent survey, the majority of Americans agree that the Supreme Court has ended the practice of affirmative action based on race in the higher education admissions process.
According to a survey published on Monday by ABC news and pollster Ipsos, 52 percent of people agree that the country's highest legal forum has declared the practice of race-based positive discrimination in the higher education admission process unconstitutional, while 32 percent disapprove of the judicial council's decision.
The Supreme Court's decision on student loans is supported by 45 percent of respondents, while 40 percent disagree with it.
Last Friday, the judicial council classified as unconstitutional the US administration's intention to release about 430 billion dollars (about HUF 150,000 billion) in federal student loans through a presidential action. The argument goes that the president has no power to waive loans.
According to the ABC/Ipsos survey, American adults are divided 43-42 percent regarding the Supreme Court's third major controversy last week's decision, which
vindicated an entrepreneur who refused to design a wedding website for same-sex couples because of his religious beliefs.
Refusal of such an assignment was punishable as discrimination under Colorado's previous law.
The Supreme Court accepted the graphics entrepreneur's arguments, referring to the freedom of speech guaranteed in the American constitution.
The poll also shows that about 70 percent of Republican voters support the Supreme Court's decisions, while only 15-17 percent of registered Democratic voters support it.
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