一项新的调查显示，大多数美国人支持最高法院限制在大学招生中使用种族作为一个因素的裁决，尽管美国在其他高调的裁决上分歧更大，越来越多的人认为法院更多地是由政治而不是法律驱动的ABC新闻/益普索民意调查使用益普索的知识面板进行。
星期四最高法院对平权行动项目设置了新的限制在涉及公立和私立学院和大学是否可以继续将种族作为招生的一个因素的案件中。
略多于一半的美国人(52%)赞成美国最高法院关于限制在大学招生中使用种族因素的决定，而32%的人不赞成，16%的人说他们不知道。
大多数共和党人(75%)和无党派人士(58%)赞成这一裁决，而明显少数的民主党人赞成(26%)。
种族群体之间也有很深的分歧。大多数白人(60%)和亚裔(58%)赞成最高法院限制在大学招生中使用种族的决定，而只有25%的黑人支持这一决定。西班牙裔的人是分裂的，40%赞成，40%不赞成。
然而，尽管大多数美国人支持结束大学平权法案的决定，但与白人和亚裔学生相比，美国人不太可能认为黑人和西班牙裔学生有公平的机会进入他们选择的大学。大约三分之二的美国人认为白人和亚裔学生有公平的机会，相比之下，只有47%的人认为黑人学生和50%的西班牙裔学生有公平的机会。
作为最高法院已经结束任期在夏季休假期间，大多数美国人(53%)认为，美国最高法院的裁决主要是基于他们的党派政治观点，而不是基于法律(33%)，而14%的人说他们不知道。
大多数民主党人(76%)和无党派人士(51%)认为，最高法院主要根据他们的党派政治观点做出裁决，这与36%的共和党人认为法院根据他们的政治观点做出裁决有显著差异。
这些差距已经从2022年1月的美国广播公司新闻/益普索民意调查中转移出来，当时38%的美国人认为法官主要根据法律裁决，而43%的人认为法院根据他们的政治观点裁决。
2023年6月30日，在白宫，美国最高法院决定阻止他取消4300亿美元学生贷款债务的计划后，乔·拜登总统谈到了他继续减免学生债务的计划。
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同一周，最高法院有效地终止了大学招生中的平权法案，高等法院还否决了乔·拜登总统的学生贷款免除计划该法案旨在免除超过4300万美国借款人的学生贷款债务。
在新的ABC新闻/益普索民意调查中，45%的美国人支持最高法院否决拜登学生贷款豁免计划的决定，而40%的人不赞成这一决定。
按党派划分——只有17%的民主党人支持最高法院的裁决，相比之下，共和党人和无党派人士的比例分别为71%和49%。
对这一决定的看法也因年龄而异，年龄较大的美国人更可能赞同这一决定。65岁及以上的人中有61%赞成这一决定，相比之下，50-64岁的人中有50%，30-49岁的人中有40%，30岁以下的人中有31%。
“我知道有数百万美国人，这个国家的数百万美国人对法院今天关于学生债务的决定感到失望和沮丧，甚至有点愤怒。我必须承认，我也是，”拜登周五在做出决定后表示。
尽管最高法院否决了拜登的债务豁免计划，但总统周五告诉美国人民，他不会放弃为借款人提供救济，通过《高等教育法》寻求债务豁免。
据白宫称，教育部长米格尔·卡多纳(Miguel Cardona)已经启动了这项债务减免新尝试的规则制定过程，但尚不清楚谁将获得减免或减免多少，以及它是否会经受住任何法律挑战。
另一个里程碑式的决定是本周由最高法院宣布的，在一个涉及创意企业是否可以拒绝为LGBTQ+客户服务的案件中，最高法院裁定福音派基督教网站设计师胜诉。引用第一修正案下的言论自由.
在新的美国广播公司/益普索民意调查中，对这一决定的看法几乎是平分秋色，43%的美国人赞成这一决定，42%的人不赞成，另有14%的人表示不知道。
同样，取决于他们在政治上如何认同，人们对观点的看法有很大的差异。
只有15%的民主党人赞成这一决定，相比之下，68%的共和党人和49%的无党派人士赞成这一决定。此外，50岁以下的人、黑人和妇女不太可能赞同这一决定。
Most Americans approve of Supreme Court decision restricting use of race in college admissions: POLL
A majority of Americans approve of the Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of race as a factor in college admissions, though the country is more divided on other high-profile rulings and increasingly viewing the court as driven more by politics than the law, according to a newABC News/Ipsos pollconducted using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel.
On Thursday, theSupreme Court set new limits on affirmative action programsin cases involving whether public and private colleges and universities can continue to use race as one factor among many in student admissions.
A little more than half of Americans -- 52% -- approve of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on restricting the use of race as a factor in college admissions, while 32% disapprove and 16% saying they don't know.
A majority of Republicans (75%) and independents (58%) approve of the ruling, while a distinct minority of Democrats approve (26%).
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And there are deep divisions between racial groups. Most white people (60%) and Asian people (58%) approve of the Supreme Court's decision to limit the use of race in college admissions, while only 25% of Black people support the decision. Hispanic people are split, with 40% approving and 40% disapproving.
Still, despite most Americans supporting the decision to end affirmative action in universities, Americans are less likely to think Black and Hispanic students have a fair chance of getting into the college of their choice compared to their white and Asian student counterparts. About two-thirds of Americans say that white and Asian students have a fair chance compared to only 47% who say this about Black students and 50% for Hispanic students.
As theSupreme Court has ended its termand is on break for the summer, a majority of Americans -- 53% -- believe that the nation's highest court rules mainly on the basis of their partisan political view rather than on the basis of the law (33%), while 14% say they don't know.
A majority of Democrats (76%) and independents (51%) believe that the Supreme Court rules mainly on the basis of their partisan political view, a significant difference from the 36% of Republicans who believe that the court makes rulings based on their political views.
These margins have shifted from a January 2022 ABC News/Ipsos poll, where 38% of Americans believed that the justices rule mainly on the basis of law, versus 43% who believed that the court rules on the basis of their political views.
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The same week the Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions,the high court also struck down President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program, which would have aimed to forgive student loan debt for more than 43 million American borrowers.
In the new ABC News/Ipsos poll, 45% of Americans support the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Biden's student loan forgiveness program, while 40% disapprove of the decision.
Broken down by party – only 17% of Democrats supported the Supreme Court decision compared to 71% of Republicans and 49% of independents.
Views on this decision also vary by age with older Americans more likely to approve. Sixty-one percent of those 65 and older approve of the decision compared to 50% of 50–64-year-olds, 40% of 30-49-year-olds and 31% of those under 30.
"I know there are millions of Americans, millions of Americans in this country who feel disappointed and discouraged, or even a little bit angry about the Court's decision today on student debt. And I must admit, I do, too," Biden said on Friday following the decision.
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Despite the Supreme Court ruling against Biden's debt forgiveness plan, the president told the American people on Friday that he is not giving up on providing relief to borrowers, pursuing debt forgiveness through the Higher Education Act.
According to the White House, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has initiated the rulemaking process on this new attempt at debt relief -- but it's unclear who would get relief or how much, as well as whether it'll withstand any legal challenges.
Another landmark decision was handed down this week by the Supreme Court, which ruled for an evangelical Christian website designer in a case involving whether creative businesses can refuse to serve LGBTQ+ customers,citing free speech under the First Amendment.
In the new ABC/Ipsos poll, there was a near-even split on this decision, with 43% of Americans approving the decision and 42% disapproving and another 14% saying they don't know.
Again, depending on how they identified politically, there was a large gap between how people viewed the opinion.
Only 15% of Democrats approve of the decision compared to 68% of Republicans and 49% of independents. In addition, those under 50, Black people and women were less likely to approve of this decision.
