Supreme Court
Public backs most Supreme Court rulings while overall approval ratings remain low
A Marquette Law School Poll found that public approval of the U.S. Supreme Court remains below 50%, while a majority of Americans supported 11 of 13 major decisions from the just-completed term.(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Public approval of the U.S. Supreme Court remains below 50%, although a majority of Americans supported 11 of 13 major decisions from the just-completed term, according to a Marquette Law School Poll.
Forty-seven percent of adults approve of the way the court is handling its job and 53% disapprove, according to the national survey of 1,076 adults conducted July 22-29 and released Thursday.
Public approval of the court has hovered under 50% since November 2025 after sitting above that mark for much of the first half of last year, including a high of 54% in March 2025, reports Courthouse News Service.
The poll reflects a wide partisan gap. Seventy-four percent of Republicans approve of the court, compared with 35% of independents and 22% of Democrats. Republican approval has gone down from 84% in February 2025. Independent approval fell from 46% over the same period. Democratic approval has stayed in the low 20s for most of the past year.
The survey follows a Gallup poll released last month that showed just one in three Americans, or 33%, approve of how well the nation’s top court is doing its job – a record low.
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