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Americans Think SCOTUS Is too Conservative

October 2, 2025 Buck Banks

43%

A record number of Americans think the Supreme Court has tilted too far to the right, polling released Wednesday shows. Forty-three percent of U.S. adults described the court as “too conservative” in Gallup’s Sept. 2–16 Governance poll—the highest figure the organization has ever measured, surpassing the previous high of 42 percent recorded in 2022. By comparison, 36 percent said the court is “about right,” while just 17 percent labeled it “too liberal.”

Trump Lawyer Predicts Unanimous Ruling by SCOTUS — Against Immunity

February 7, 2024 Buck Banks

“The immunity case should be a 9-0 case on the Supreme Court. It is very clear that the president doesn’t have immunity from criminal prosecution. You are weighing an argument that there is no precedent for, and is found nowhere in the Constitution.”

— Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb predicted that the Supreme Court will rule unanimously against Donald Trump on his claims to be immune from criminal prosecution.

Two-Thirds Want Term Limits for Supremes

October 4, 2023 Buck Banks

68%

Politico/Morning Consult poll: “In addition to the 75 percent of voters — a bipartisan consensus of 81 percent of Democrats, 72 percent of Republicans and 69 percent of independents — who support a binding ethics code, roughly two-thirds of voters support term limits for the justices (68 percent).”

SCOTUS — Lifetime (Dis)Appointments

July 1, 2023 Buck Banks

So the benighted Colorado christianist got her way,
Now she won’t have to make websites for anyone gay.
The Trump Supremes are creating a nation
Where affirmative action’s replaced by discrimination,
And the meaning of your vote is erased away.

Brown Eviscerates Right-Wing Justices for Affirmative Action Ruling

July 1, 2023 Buck Banks

“With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.”

— Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her dissent to today’s Supreme Court decision curtailing affirmative action.

Public Trust in SCOTUS at a Historical Low

May 18, 2023 Buck Banks

18%

In the 2022 General Social Survey, just 18% of Americans said they have a great deal of confidence in the court, down from 26% in 2021, and 36% said they had hardly any, up from 21%. Another 46% said they have “only some” confidence in the most recent survey.

SCOTUS with the Mostus

April 24, 2023 Buck Banks

$24 million or $68 million

Bloomberg: “The nine Supreme Court justices in total are worth at least $24 million. Or it might be closer to $68 million. … It’s impossible to get more specific than that. That’s because federal ethics laws require justices to disclose only those assets that might pose a conflict of interest. As a result, the public can only assess part of each justice’s holdings, valued in a broad range.”

Supreme Court Consort

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 Buck Banks

Clarence Thomas stands accused of ethics violations.
“WTF Harlan Crow?” asks a disgusted nation.
The Senate’s mounting an investigation,
But we just have one burning question:
Why would anyone want to take Clarence Thomas along on vacation?

Over Half of Americans Disapprove of SCOTUS

October 11, 2022 Buck Banks

53%

A new Annenberg Public Policy Center survey finds that 53% of U.S. adults disapprove of how the Supreme Court handles its job. The survey also reveals a chasm between the qualities the American people say they value most in judges, such as fairness and impartiality, and the traits they perceive in Supreme Court justices.

Trust in SCOTUS at an All-Time Low

September 29, 2022 Buck Banks

20 points

A new Gallup poll finds 47% of U.S. adults say they have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the Supreme Court. That represents a 20-percentage-point drop from two years ago, including seven points since last year, and is now the lowest in Gallup’s trend by six points.

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Americans Think SCOTUS Is too Conservative

43%

Trump Lawyer Predicts Unanimous Ruling by SCOTUS — Against Immunity

“The immunity case should be a 9-0 case on the Supreme Court. It is very clear that the president doesn’t have immunity from criminal prosecution. You are weighing an argument that there is no precedent for, and is found nowhere in the Constitution.”

— Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb predicted that the Supreme Court will rule unanimously against Donald Trump on his claims to be immune from criminal prosecution.

Two-Thirds Want Term Limits for Supremes

68%

SCOTUS — Lifetime (Dis)Appointments

Brown Eviscerates Right-Wing Justices for Affirmative Action Ruling

“With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.”

— Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her dissent to today’s Supreme Court decision curtailing affirmative action.

Public Trust in SCOTUS at a Historical Low

18%

In the 2022 General Social Survey, just 18% of Americans said they have a great deal of confidence in the court, down from 26% in 2021, and 36% said they had hardly any, up from 21%. Another 46% said they have “only some” confidence in the most recent survey.

SCOTUS with the Mostus

$24 million or $68 million

Supreme Court Consort

Over Half of Americans Disapprove of SCOTUS

53%

Trust in SCOTUS at an All-Time Low

20 points

A new Gallup poll finds 47% of U.S. adults say they have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the Supreme Court. That represents a 20-percentage-point drop from two years ago, including seven points since last year, and is now the lowest in Gallup’s trend by six points.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Charlie Cook

“Sharia law seeks to destroy and supplant the pillars of our republican form of government and is incompatible with the Western tradition. The use of taxpayer-funded school vouchers to promote Sharia law likely contravenes Florida law and undermines our national security.”

— Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, introducing an Islamic law scare into the public discourse via an X post magnifying claims that state universal school choice dollars were paying for instruction in Sharia in Tampa charter schools, reported Florida Phoenix.

“I’m the speaker and the president.”

— President Trump, quoted by the New York Times, noting how he’s marginalized Speaker Mike Johnson.

Numerati

1.1 million

$279 billion

18

“President Donald Trump littered his new ’60 Minutes’ interview with a wide-ranging assortment of false claims, the vast majority of them previously debunked,” CNN reports. “We counted at least 18 inaccurate assertions.”

~42 million

$14 billion

“The U.S. economy will lose between $7 billion and $14 billion due to the federal government shutdown, according to a new report released by Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper,” the Washington Post reports.