Trust in court system at record low: Gallup

The trust Americans have in the court system has reached a record low, according to a new survey released on Tuesday.

The Gallup poll found that the public's confidence in its courts and judiciary system has dropped to 35 percent this year.

Americans’ faith in the court system between 2006 and 2020 was similar to the median of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, such as Canada, the United Kingdom and France, the pollster noted. After 2020, it has been on a steep decline, going from 59 percent in 2020 to 53 percent in 2021 and 45 percent in 2022 to 42 percent last year.

This year, it dropped by another 7 percentage points to 35 percent.

The dip in confidence of the courts ranked the U.S. among the 10 largest in the world since 2006 over a four-year year period, Gallup noted.

An October survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania found the public’s trust in the U.S. Supreme Court dropped to a record low. The poll discovered that 56 percent of Americans said they somewhat disapprove of the nation’s highest court. The data indicated that trust in the judicial body noticeably declined following the court’s 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Gallup’s poll of the Supreme Court in early October found the Democrats’ job approval and trust in it is on a significant downturn, with 82 percent saying the court is “too conservative.” On the flip side, 69 percent of Republicans said the court’s leanings are “about right.”

The survey was conducted from June 28 to Aug. 1 among 1,000 adults. The margin of error was 4.4 percentage points.

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