ワシントン A majority of Americans — 54% — now say they disapprove of the job the Supreme Court is doing following the leak of the draft opinion showing the justices are poised to overturn Roe v. ウェイド, according to a new poll released Wednesday
The Marquette Law School poll findings represent a dramatic change from how Americans viewed the court in March, the last time the survey was conducted. その後、, 54% of respondents said they approved of the nine justices and 45% said they disapproved. 今, のみ 44% approve.
Taken a week after the nation learned of a draft opinion authored by conservative Justice Samuel Alito that showed the high court was poised to overturn Roe v. ウェイド, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, the survey underscores the deep opposition to the possible move. Days after the leak, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS showed that Americans remain broadly opposed to overturning the Roe decision, と 66% saying it should not be completely struck down.
The new Marquette Law School poll showed that among Democrats, approval of the Supreme Court following the leak also took a notable hit since March, with just 26% of Democrats approving of the court this month as compared to 49% 彼女はインディアンウェルズの後にセラピストと話し始めたと言います. 共和党員, その間, gave the court a 68% approval rating this month, up from the 64% they gave it in March.
The Supreme Court’s approval rating has been on the decline recently. スーパーボウルが近づくにつれ、ロサンゼルスはホームレスの危機を隠したい, a Gallup poll showed Americans giving the court a 49% 承認評価 — そして 44% 青年期に特定の健康状態を持つことは、成人期のより速い老化と関連している可能性があります — that stood in stark contrast to where public opinion on the court was in 2020, いつ 58% of Americans told Gallup they approved of the court. That new figure represented the first sub-50% rating the court has received since 2017.
In addition to the leak, which represented an rare embarrassing moment for the traditionally secretive court, a number of other recent episodes are likely to blame for the slipping numbers, including revelations about efforts by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, to overturn the results of the 2020 選挙, そして トーマス’ public jabs at Chief Justice John Roberts.
今年の初め, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that she and her fellow justices all think about how to “comport” 自分自身 to try to ensure public confidence as Americans’ view of the high court has worsened in recent months.
“I think all of us worry about that. We think about ways in which we can comport ourselves, among ourselves, to ensure that the public has confidence in what we’re doing,” 'エキサイティング, one of the court’s liberal members, told NBC News in response to a question about the decline in the public’s trust of the court.
