Supreme Court to hear clashes over abortion, gun rights this week

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The Supreme Court will be the scene of high drama in the coming days when the justices hear arguments over abortion and gun rights in what could be a defining week of a blockbuster court term.
49% : "This case could have an immediate and direct effect on the 80 million or so Americans who live in states with 'proper cause' laws like New York's," said Joseph Blocher, a law professor at Duke University and expert on the Second Amendment.
45% : Firearms advocates, who say history is on their side, want the justices to use the case as a vehicle to expand gun rights outside the home.
45% : "If the court adopts a purely historical approach to evaluating the constitutionality of gun laws, it would completely alter the state of Second Amendment jurisprudence going forward," Blocher added.
41% : Many Democratic-run states and cities, as well as gun control advocacy groups, warn that public safety would be imperiled if gun regulations are scuttled.
38% : "No issues in our society are more controversial or more reflective of our political divide than abortion and guns," said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.

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