OPINION | The court of public opinion does not look kindly upon the Supreme Court, and the justices have only themselves to blame.
has hit an all-time low. Just 25 percent of respondents had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the court. That’s an 11-point drop from last year, and twice the drop in public confidence in other institutions.
Much of the court’s image problem comes the feeling that it has been politicized, be it the Republicans’ refusal to allow a vote on Obama nominee in 2016, or the fact that one justice refuses to recuse himself from cases that may implicate in his wife in a effort to overthrow democracy .The poll was taken before that decision, but after Justice Samuel Alito’s draft majority opinion was leaked to the press.its most important and profound responsibility—safeguarding basic constitutional rights. And it has done so in a series of rulings that are overtly political, wildly inconsistent, and in some cases wrong on basic facts.
Abortion rights activists march to the White House to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision to end federal abortion rights protections.Beyond just overturning a half-century precedent guaranteeing the right to an abortion, during this term, the justices also