Public trust in the Supreme Court has dropped sharply, a Gallup poll found this fall. It’s hardly surprising, given an array of recent factors involving the justices, their opinions and supporters.
They include the political power plays that helped transform the court’s ideological makeup from balanced to conservative, a controversial decision reversing a historic ruling, an embarrassing leak, the misleading testimony of two justices and the political activity of a justice’s wife.
As a result, for the first time in 50 years, more Americans disapprove of the high court than approve of it.
