Growing number of Americans lack confidence in Supreme Court: Survey

Confidence in the Supreme Court’s decision-making is falling among Americans, according to a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll, with nearly of half of adults believing that the justices are guided by political ideology rather than the rule of law.  

The poll, conducted earlier this month, found that 46 percent of Americans think that the Supreme Court rules on Trump administration policies based on their political views. One-quarter of respondents said the court rules based on the law, while nearly 30 percent expressed no opinion.

Of those who see the justices’ political views as decisive, about two-thirds said the court’s rulings mainly favored Trump while 17 percent said they mainly opposed Trump. Seventeen percent believe the rulings neither favor nor disfavor the president.

The Supreme Court handed down its final decisions of the term at the end of June, issuing sweeping rulings that strengthened the president’s power to fire heads of independent agencies, allowed immigration officers to turn back asylum seekers at the southern border, authorized........

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