Poll: Majority of Americans Give Nod to Roberts
Nearly 60 percent of Americans said the Senate should confirm Roberts. 64 percent wants him to explain his views on abortion.
The majority of Americans believe John Roberts should be confirmed to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court, according to a Washington Post-ABC News Poll.
Nearly 60 percent of Americans (59 percent of those surveyed) said the Senate should confirm Roberts while less than a quarter (23 percent) said it should not. The remaining 18 percent expressed no opinion, according to a report by the Washington Post.
Of the 500 randomly selected adults interviewed Thursday night for the survey, 64 percent said they want Roberts to explain his views on abortion before the Senate takes up his nomination.
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Sixty-one percent of the respondents also wanted Roberts to answer questions on how he would have ruled on past cases before the court, an inquiry which would allow senators to explore his stance on other hot-topic issues like same-sex marriage, the Post said.
Meanwhile, conservative Christians in Washington who back Roberts’ nomination are planning to launch a nationwide event to educate the Christian population about why choosing the right Supreme Court Justice is critical for the nation’s future.
The Justice Sunday II: God Save the United States, and this Honorable Court, is slated for August 14 at the Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville Tenn. Plans for the event, which will feature keynote speakers from Family Research Council, the National Association of Evangelicals, and Focus on the Family, are still underway.
Most of the speakers in the Justice Sunday line-up have vocally called on senators to confirm Roberts’ nomination before the Court reconvenes in October.
President Bush echoed that call in his radio address Saturday.
"The next step for Judge Roberts is the Senate confirmation process. The process is off to a good start," Bush said, adding that initial talks between Roberts and U.S. senators had gone well.
The margin of sampling error for the overall results of the Washington Post poll is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
