In light of last week's controversial Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage and Obamacare, an increasing number of voters believe that individual states should have the right to ignore federal court decisions, according to a new survey from Rasmussen Reports.
Thirty-three percent of likely U.S. voters now say that states should have the right to ignore such rulings. That's up nine points from the 24 percent who told Rasmussen the same thing in February.
Just over half, 52 percent, said states should not be able to ignore federal courts, down from 58 percent in the previous survey. Fifteen percent said they were undecided.
Among Republican voters, though, 50 percent think states should have the right to ignore the high court's rulings.
GOP Presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz advised states to ignore the gay marriage ruling, telling NPR, "Those who are not parties to the suit are not bound by it," reported Politico.
In the name of religious liberty and free speech, a few judges and clerks in Alabama and Texas already ordered their offices to stop issuing licenses, and an entire Tennessee county clerk's office resigned from their positions over the decision, reported WKRN-TV.
Only 22 percent of Democrats and 30 percent of independents told Rasmussen that states should be able to ignore federal court decisions.
"Interestingly, this represents a noticeable rise in support among all three groups," said Rasmussen.
The survey was conducted among 1,000 likely voters between June 30 and July 1 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.
