With mass shootings in Texas, New York and California fresh in Americans’ mind, the Supreme Court will soon issue its biggest gun ruling in more than a decade, one expected to make it easier to carry guns in public in some of the largest cities.
The reaction to the decisions could add to criticism the court has faced recently over the disclosure that conservative political activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, urged the White House and Republican politicians in Arizona to work to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential victory and keep Trump in office.
In the leaked decision overturning Roe, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the court should not be swayed by public opinion. "We do not pretend to know how our political system or society will respond to today’s decision. ... And even if we could foresee what will happen, we would have no authority to let that knowledge influence our decision," he wrote.
About half of voters in the 2020 presidential election said gun laws in the U.S. should be made more strict, according to AP VoteCast. An additional one-third said gun laws should be kept as they are, while about 1 in 10 said gun laws should be less strict.
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