Which means that 70% of Obama supporters don’t understand that it is SCOTUS’ job to apply the Constitution, not make up law of their own.

During his acceptance speech last night at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota, John McCain told the audience, “We believe in a strong defense, work, faith, service, a culture of life, personal responsibility, the rule of law, and judges who dispense justice impartially and don’t legislate from the bench.” Most American voters (60%) agrees and says the Supreme Court should make decisions based on what is written in the constitution, while 30% say rulings should be guided on the judge’s sense of fairness and justice. The number who agree with McCain is up from 55% in August.

While 82% of voters who support McCain believe the justices should rule on what is in the Constitution, just 29% of Barack Obama’s supporters agree. Just 11% of McCain supporters say judges should rule based on the judge’s sense of fairness, while nearly half (49%) of Obama supporters agree.

That 30% of Americans overall think a judge’s sense of fairness is more important than the constitution is a pretty sad commentary.  That nearly 70% of liberal Obama supporters think judges should impose their will on the public rather than merely applying the law passed by our legislators isn’t surprising at all.