U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 19, 2012
Kelo and the shrinking approval of the Supreme Court
Recent polls suggest that only 44 percent of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing.
Gideon Kanner
Professor of Law Emeritus, Loyola Law School
USC Law School
Recent polls suggest that only 44 percent of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing. "Those findings are a fresh indication that the court's standing with the public has slipped significantly in the past quarter-century ... Approval was as high as 66 percent in the late 1960s, and by 2000 approached 50 percent." "Approval Rating for Justices Hits Just 44% in Poll," New York Times, June 6.
What happened? A "growing distrust in recent years of major institutions in ...
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