Public support for Supreme Court is falling, new poll finds
Members of the Supreme Court in 2022. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Approval of the U.S. Supreme Court is declining, according to a new national survey poll by the Marquette University Law School, with only 43% of respondents giving the justices high marks.
The survey also found that Americans pay little attention to the high court, but when they bother, they tend to regard the Supreme Court according to partisan politics.
In March 2025, approval of how the Supreme Court was handling its job was at 54% but has decreased by over 10% since then, according to a story by Courthouse News Service.
The survey, which polled 982 adults nationwide, was conducted between April 8 and April 16, 2026.
The survey also found that 66% of respondents favored the Supreme Court’s Feb. 20 ruling that President Donald Trump did not have authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Powers Act, while 33% opposed the decision. Partisan politics affected how the decision was viewed, with 61% of Republicans opposing the ruling, while 73% of independents favored the ruling, as did 92% of Democrats.
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