New poll shows Supreme Court approval rating may be on the rise

The Supreme Court’s approval ratings may be on the rise, according to a new poll.

Marquette University School of Law pollThe paper released Wednesday found that 47% of Americans said they “strongly” or “somewhat” approve of the way the Supreme Court is doing its job, up from 40% in March. last month.

Confirmations for the nation’s highest court are on the rise even as it grapples with controversial issues such as access to abortion pills and presidential immunity.

In late February, the Supreme Court decided to take up the question of whether former President Trump can be criminally prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

In the same March Marquette Law School poll, 56% of Americans said they believed former presidents should not be immune from criminal prosecution for their official actions.

The court also ruled in late March that federal regulators could ease regulations to make mifepristone, one of the two most common abortion pills in the country, easier to obtain. The court also heard arguments regarding whether it overstepped its authority.

Sixty percent of participants in the new poll said the court should overturn the lower court’s ruling and maintain the current level of access to mifepristone.

Despite a clear increase in approval ratings for the Supreme Court, Americans polled say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the Supreme Court. Only about 30% of people did. Thirty-seven percent said they were “somewhat” confident about it, while 23% said they had “little confidence” and 10% said they were “not at all confident.”

The Supreme Court has recently been mired in controversy following reports of undisclosed luxury trips and gifts involving several justices, raising interest in Congressional oversight of the justices’ conduct.

The two most notable reports, both from ProPublica, were that Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose his travels or other financial relationships with wealthy conservative donors, and that Justice Samuel Alito also reported that he accepted a flight on billionaire Paul Singer’s private jet without reporting the trip. Regarding his financial disclosures.

The market poll was conducted among 1,000 adults from March 18th to 28th. There was a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.