Trump won't lose 2020 because of Gorsuch gay rights decision

Even though the dissent may be correct in its reasoning, a thin minority of people understand or follow Supreme Court jurisprudence. For those that care about the outcome, they likely largely agree with it. A majority of people polled by YouGov support a law prohibiting hiring discrimination against transgender people, with just a quarter of Republicans opposing it. Further, more than 4 in 5 Democrats and 3 in 5 Republicans think that the average employer should not be able to fire an employee for being gay.

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Obviously, the Supreme Court is not a legislative body, but again, few people outside of the legal profession and the commentariat will make that distinction. Sure, Trump may lose some high-dollar donors and a few stalwart social conservatives in deep-red states. But if older voters and suburban women in swing states fail to vote for Trump, it certainly won’t be because of a Supreme Court ruling decided upon five months before the election. If Trump loses in 2020, it’ll be his own fault, not Gorsuch’s.

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