Poll: Majority of Americans Disapprove of Supreme Court After Latest Term

A new poll demonstrates that a majority of Americans disapprove of the United States Supreme Court, following the end of a judicial term that saw multiple rulings eroding civil rights and expanding presidential powers for Donald Trump. The Economist/YouGov poll, conducted July 3-6 (just days after the final Supreme Court ruling was issued on June 30), found that only 36 percent of U.S.
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John Roberts Bemoans Americans for Viewing SCOTUS Justices as “Political Actors”

On Wednesday, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts defended the purported integrity of the high court, bemoaning what he claimed to be a misunderstanding by the American people of how the institution is meant to function. Roberts, who was speaking at a legal conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania, said that too many Americans view the justices as “political actors.” “I think at a very…
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