The approval rating of the nation’s highest court stands at 40 per cent, according to a new poll

The Supreme Court’s approval rating has plunged to one of its lowest levels yet ahead of a ruling on Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president.

The approval rating of the nation’s highest court stands at 40 per cent, according to the latest poll released by Marquette Law School on Wednesday.

The latest numbers rival only those of July 2022, when only 38 per cent of US adults said they approved of the Supreme Court and 61 per cent disapproved – just after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    To be fair, Bush had won the popular vote by the time he nominated any justices.

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      8 months ago

      Yes, but he wouldn’t have even been president in the first place if it wasn’t for the Supreme Court, and specifically Clarence Thomas.

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        8 months ago

        True. And he had an incumbency advantage in 2004. I was just pointing out that Bush’s appointments weren’t as simple as “he didn’t win the popular vote.”

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          Right, but he wouldn’t have even been running in 2004 if he hadn’t been handed the presidency in 2000.

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      8 months ago

      He won the popular vote by taking the country into an unjustified war because he has daddy issues.