Supreme Court enjoys relatively high public confidence
WASHINGTON — The next Supreme Court justice will join the bench at a time when the public has more confidence in the high court than in Congress or the presidency.
A Gallup survey in June found 37 per cent of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the court, while another 42 per cent have “some” confidence. Only 18 per cent have little or no confidence in the court.
Those are sterling marks compared with the court’s neighbour on Capitol Hill: Just 11 per cent of Americans say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress and nearly half say they have little or no confidence in the nation’s legislature.
Down Pennsylvania Avenue, confidence in the White House is on par with that of the Supreme Court — though 44 per cent of Americans have little or no confidence in it.