.thereidout Blog: Turns out, Americans aren't buying the conservative claims about the Supreme Court's legitimacy.
Sensing a loss of public trust in the wake of regressive rulings on voting and abortion rights, several conservative Supreme Court justices have tried — through public statements — to retain the court’s semblance of objectivity and credibility.Yahoo News/YouGov poll
The poll found half of registered voters now have little or no confidence in the Supreme Court. Specifically, 26 percent of respondents said they have no confidence in the court at all, while 24 percent said they have “a little” confidence. Just 37 percent said they have “some” confidence, and a meager 14 percent said they have “a lot” of confidence in the court.
Those numbers show a precipitous loss of faith in the court since a similar poll was conducted in September 2020, days before then-President Donald Trump nominated Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ahead of the 2020 election.registered voters said they had some or a lot of confidence in the court, and only 30 percent said they had a little confidence or none at all.
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