Poll: Confidence in Supreme Court has collapsed since conservatives took control

[Quixote1818]

Andrew Romano

Tue, May 10, 2022, 6:24 AM·5 min read


A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans’ confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has collapsed over the last 20 months — a period that began with former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans installing a 6-3 conservative majority ahead of the 2020 election and culminated last week with the leak of a draft opinion signaling that five GOP-appointed justices plan to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The last time Yahoo News/YouGov asked about confidence in the court was in September 2020, a few days after liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died and a few days before Trump nominated conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett to replace her.

Back then, 70% of registered voters said they had either “some” (50%) or “a lot” (20%) of confidence in the court, and 30% said they had either “a little” (23%) or “none” (7%).

But the new survey of 1,577 U.S. adults, which was conducted immediately after the leak, found that registered voters have swung from mostly having confidence in the Supreme Court — by a colossal 40-point margin — to being evenly split on the question.

Today, just half of voters still express some (37%) or a lot (14%) of confidence in the court, while the other half now expresses either a little (24%) or none (26%).

And among all Americans — as opposed to just registered voters — most (53%) now say they have either no confidence in the Supreme Court (28%) or only a little (25%).

More: https://news.yahoo.com/poll-confidence-in-supreme-court-has-collapsed-since-conservatives-took-control-122402500.html

[ck4829]

1. K&R

[empedocles]

2. I vote, 'none'!

[Irish_Dem]

3. Started with the SC installing Bush as POTUS.

Stopping the democratic process.

[Raster]

7. Yes. It. Did.

And then SHRUB returned the favor and brought on Roberts, which was meant to be the "softening" effect of the brutally partisan turn the SCOTUS was about to take.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Exactly. All of planned far in advance. The long game.

[Marthe48]

10. roberts assisted in the bush v. Gore debacle for bush

kegger and barbie were on the bush team as well.


https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/17/politics/bush-v-gore-barrett-kavanaugh-roberts-supreme-court/index.html

[Novara]

14. absolutely

[uponit7771]

30. +1, ... then said this only applies to this judgement then let other judgements apply

[Escurumbele]

4. OK, and??? What is Biden and his administration going to do about it?

This is a excerpt of the song "Words, Words, Words" from "My Fair Lady"

Words! Words! Words!
I'm so sick of words!
I get words all day through;
First from him, now from you!
Is that all you blighters can do?
Don't talk of stars
Burning above;
If you're in love,
Show me!
Tell me no dreams
Filled with desire.
If you're on fire,
Show me!

All I hear is words and nothing gets done. Why is it that the supreme court has not been expanded? Why is it that trump has not been indicted?, Why is it that Meadows has not been indicted? Why is it that the filibuster is not gone? Can't Biden get rid of the filibuster using an executive order? Get your lawyers to find the way, that is what republicans do...etc., etc., etc....I am really sick of watching the news, of people almost assuring that trump will be the candidate in 2024, that republicans, even after all the crimes they have committed, will win in 2022 and 2024...My goodness, we are being set up...

[SoonerPride]

6. Because we haven't the majorities to accomplish that

So nothing will happen and they hope we will just forget about it and move on.

[inthewind21]

15. What exactly

Do you expect Biden to do about? The time to do something about it was oh say 40, 30, 20, 15, 10, 5 years ago, when the republicans told us ALL exactly what they planned. And they've said it EVERY year since.

[Moostache]

28. 2009 was the last chance to save Roe...

Should have moved to codify it into law THEN...there were enough Democrats to pass it - but it would have taken killing the goddamn filibuster at an early opportuity instead of watching it silently used as THE weapon for the Party of "No".

Instead, we took single payer off the table, negotiated with bad-faith actors, tried to placate Liberman (who fucked us anyway) and ended up with Obamacare and literally nothing else after that.

The mid-terms crucified the rest of the agenda when all was lost - outside of 1600 Pennsylvania - and then we had to suffer through a decade of "Tea Party" horror shows, "repeal and replace" nonsense talking points, "death panels" and more until irony of ironies happened and McCain thumb-downed Trump's hope to just gut the healthcare system and walk away from it like a building contract.

McCain saved our asses on that vote or the healthcare system would be medeval by now. And we missed the boat on Roe by taking or allowing other to take the word of OBVIOUS liars in Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett. When McConnel stonewalling Garland, Obama should have shut everything down to force a vote, period. Yes, it would have hurt some people then, but their pain relief is going to cost lives and serious injuries for women for the next 3 generations.

We played ourselves and now the bill is coming due on people who weren't even alive then.

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. I thought John Roberts would be better but I think he's

been totally blindsided by these radical rightwingers.

[tishaLA]

17. He set the stage for it

with Shelby County v Holder. Dismantling the Voting Rights Act is the cornerstone of all the hell that's come since. If only there were a literary precedent about creating a monster and it going out of control.....

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. These ultra conservatives have caught a lot of people

by surprise. They lie and lie and lie. People don't realize just how awful they really are until they are already ensconced in office.

[uponit7771]

31. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 Roberts literally intimated racism is over in his stupid assed opinion

[Larissa]

22. Roberts pretends to do mop up in aisle six

While the wrecking ball court takes a chain saw to society's bulwarks.

[Demsrule86]

27. Do you understand how the court works...not being snarky. John Roberts can't

tell other justices what to do...it is largely an honorary position. So we are in the minority...and we are now facing the consequences that those who ordered me not to throw the court in their faces when I begged them to vote for Hillary in 16 caused by not voting for the Democratic nominee in the General. I don't understand how this comes as a big surprise to some. They were getting one justice for sure before 16. And, by the way, the excuse I often hear is that Hillary would have gotten no judges, I really doubt it.

But as far as I am concerned no excuse can be sufficient for what those who did not vote for Hillary in the General caused. And I should say when some here and elsewhere hint that unless they get 'something' well the midterm might be 'bad for us', I consider it blackmail and find it disgusting. After all that has happened since Gore, I simply can't tolerate hearing how Democrats must fall in love or Democrats must be inspired. Of course, my favorite is Democrats don't do midterms. Fuck that. If the fascist right doesn't inspire you to vote Democratic in the midterm and beyond, nothing ever will.

None of this except the first sentence about the court is directed at you...I tire of those that stab us in the back ( can I say I loathe detest and despise Greens and all third parties) and then can't believe it when the right is able to take advantage of the opportunity to enact fascist crap.

[kjones]

34. Absolutely

I only recently came back after years away. The lead up and immediate aftermath of 2016 was gross around here, and I really couldn't stand it. I guess we'll see how the next two years go...

[BannonsLiver]

8. I see it as an entirely partisan entity.

When team red is in control it spits out team red decisions. If team blue were the majority it would be rendering team blue decisions.

[GoodRaisin]

12. Unfortunately team red now spitting out fascist decisions.

[Initech]

11. And that was all part of the plan.

Conservatives ruin everything they touch, and most of it is with malicious intent. It’s not a bug either, it’s a feature of voting conservative. And the MAGA crowd eats this shit up!

Why do people still vote for these clowns?

[inthewind21]

16. Better question

Why do people still sit out or whine because the DEMS didn't have a candidate that related to THEM?

[Larissa]

21. I was reminded this morning

That this "Supreme Kangaroo Court" also gutted the Voting Rights Act. They are moving right along according to plan.

[AZLD4Candidate]

13. If this is accurate, easy solution: STOP VOTING FOR REPUBLICANS THEN!!!!

[Warpy]

18. They're crooks who lied to get the job, that's why

That plus McConnell refusing to do his job.

Tjeu deserve every bit of disdain they can soak up.

Remedies are expanding the court or removing the perjuers. There are no other good choices.

[andym]

20. Supreme court has been marketed as a neutral "umpire" in recent decades

but it's overall history is generally not consistent with this description-- various eras of the SC demonstrate clear ideological/political tendencies. McConnell decided to push the court rightwards and succeeded with Trump's help. We can expect a boatload of regressive decisions that will have significant social impacts over the next few decades unless one of the conservatives leaves.

[Tommymac]

25. Unfortunately if the reThugs win Congress in the fall there will NEVER be another liberal SC Justice

They will gridlock the Federal Government and allow States to to pass laws that will prevent large numbers of Americans from exercising their Right to Vote.

The Great Experiment will be over.

#GOTV2022 is the only way We The People have that can overcome the current situation and make sure Conservatism is defeated and give the sane the time to start to redress the evils that the reThuglicans have foisted upon The People for the last 40 years.

[dlk]

23. They don't care

n/t

[gratuitous]

24. They don't

And isn't it curious how, despite this erosion in public confidence, nobody wrings their hands and frets about how this is going to affect Republican prospects in the mid-terms? No matter how nakedly partisan and corrupt Republicans are, it never seems to dent the political pundits' assessment of their prospects. But one progressive or liberal office-holder says one word deemed to be over the line, and the Democrats are doooooomed.

[Tommymac]

26. Well, considering most of the polls are run by complicit M$M organizations,

of coarse they are saying this horrendous decision will not affect the November Vote.

The M$M is OWNED by reThug billionaire supporters. They are NOT going to broadcast REAL Truths.

They are going to subtlety spin or blatantly ignore any event that contradicts Their Worldview.

Hell - it happens now. Here in the East we don't ever hear about the local troubles affecting the Midwest or West or South unless they are gruesome enough to attract ratings. I've traveled the country a lot, and I know that each region is isolated from the others by the M$M local affiliates choosing what we all see and hear. All one has to do is turn on the local TV news to understand this.

[dlk]

32. To be sure, there is an enormous double standard

The mainstream media does its part.

[Generic Brad]

29. Kangaroo courts don't give a crap about our confidence in them

The Roberts court has no legitimacy and they don't care what we think.

[hatrack]

33. You don't say!

Packing the court with Handmaids and medieval hacks injured the confidence of Americans in the judicial system? NO WAY!!!!