The share of Americans who say the Supreme Court is too conservative is hitting a new high, as the justices wade into a myriad of Trump administration legal disputes.
Forty-three percent of US adults say as much, according to new polling from Gallup. Independents and Democrats have mostly driven the increase, which is consistent with a trend that began following Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation, solidifying the court’s 6-3 conservative majority.
The problem is that there’s a large amount of people who are just fine with it.
CockBrother on
Instead of tearing down the country that Republicans hate they could have left it as is and started their own self-contained hellscape.
AmericaVotedTrump on
Its not necessarily too conservative, its the blatant disregard for legal precedent, the open corruption, and the dismantling of all established checks and balances to create an authoritarian government. Oh, ya… I guess that is conservatism, my mistake.
Celio_leal on
what conservatism entails today is the question
mcs5280 on
Oops it appears the undo button is deactivated
RonaldMcDaugherty on
I’d love to know if polled American’s UNDERSTAND how the Supreme Court justices are picked. Kamala said it in her debate…”The next president could elect TWO replacement members of the Supreme Court”
This is what idiots DON’T understand. Young adult IDIOT voters, or NON-VOTERS, you are setting in motion shit that will affect your children’s children’s lives. Your potential grandkids will be living in a world decided by “Trump’s Supreme Court”.
MittenCollyBulbasaur on
Clearance Thomas recently came out saying, “I can do anything I want, and no one on this planet can stop me”
Who the fuck votes for that? If this is what Tenure on the supreme Court means it should be removed.
NPVT on
I see the Supreme Court as too corrupt
ShamelessCatDude on
This is good news in the sense that people are putting the blame on the right places for once
I’m so old I can remember when conservatives could at least pretend that judicial activism is bad thing… then came the Roberts court.
HaxanWriter on
Dumbass Americans voted for it.
TheBalzy on
It’s the utter hypocrisy of the court that stands out. The absolutely outrageous, very obvious judicial activism (after Republicans/Conservatives saying Judicial Activism was wrong for decades) is what stands out.
We live in a world, essentially, where nothing matters anymore.
livinginfutureworld on
It’s not too conservative, it’s too lawless
mayorLarry71 on
Who did they ask? I wonder of the Supreme Court was more left then would Americans would complain about that?
SteamStarship on
Too anti-Constitution for a Supreme Court. Too fond of authoritarian rule where there has never been one before. But mostly, too protective of rapist pedophiles, I’d say.
mowotlarx on
I think many Americans wouldn’t notice if the Supreme Court wasn’t handing all power to a lawless fascist dictator so quickly. Aren’t conservatives *supposed* to be the “law and order” party?
Great-Hotel-7820 on
It’s not too conservative, it’s too corrupt and broken.
Toadfinger on
I simply see it as another cog in the mafia politics machine that is the GOP.
TheSpatulaOfLove on
Kangaroos.
fistswityat0es on
yeah bc they packed the fucking court.
KinkyPaddling on
According to the poll, among Democrats and Independents. Among Republicans, approval of SCOTUS sits at a pretty 79%. Deplorable.
xicor on
Ftfy: Americans increasingly see supreme court as too regressive, poll finds
level_17_paladin on
The Supreme Court has been controlled by Republicans since 1969.
frygod on
Not conservative, regressive.
Cagnazzo82 on
The problem isn’t so much them being conservative as it is them flagrantly ignoring precedent and irresponsibly abusing their authority as the final arbiters of the Constitution in America.
The fact that at this point we can’t say for sure if the Court will allow or deny Trump the right to abolish birthright citizenship in 14th Amendment through executive order speaks volumes to how far it’s fallen.
Shadow docket decisions are the next strike against them.
At this point a reformation of the Court is obligated because there is no more business as usual going forward.
carrotsnatch on
Nothing “conservative” about destroying the constitution
stealthlysprockets on
Cold take. Opinion Polls are pointless if no one acts on them. The Supreme Court isn’t going to read a poll one day and say guys, we’ve lost touch with the public. We need to start being more liberal in our rulings and what not.
QuantumLeaperTime on
Too anti-constitution and too anti-USA and too corrupt.
gabber2694 on
lol, SC be like “hold my beer”.
By this time next week it will be illegal to call the court conservative.
crushthewebdev on
The court was stolen by Republicans breaking precedent with blocking confirmations and also the confirmation of judges nominated by candidates that lost the popular vote.
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This whole process has been done in such a shady way and they don’t care.
dallasdude on
They lie about facts and allow petitioners to lie to the court when it helps secure their desired political outcome.
They speak to “history and tradition” while deliberately excluding and ignoring a great part of that history and tradition.
Business_Guard_5816 on
Reddit Politics headlines like these are just useless “engagement” tactics. They are designed to resonate with the largely liberal/progressive sentiments of those of us who come to this subreddit. But they are all completely useless because they never amount to anything that has a concrete effect on anything that Trump does. I’ve lost track of the number of headlines here about some Democrat, or doctor, or scientist, etc who has “slammed”,”bashed”, “excorciated”, etc the Administration, to no effect. And the GOP do not care about polls and have no intention of holding a free and fair election ever.
Headlines like these are just “rah-rah feel good” time wasters, so Reddit can sell more advertising.
Never have I seen any serious concrete proposals by any prominent leader on the left, progressive, or Democratic side.
AwkwardTouch2144 on
“Americans increasingly see Supreme Court as too ~~conservative~~ corrupt”
Fixed it
PatsFreak101 on
It’s not even political bias that’s the issue. It’s the fact they’ve abandoned their constitutional duty to check the power of the executive branch. Our republic is failing because the system was set up so two branches could keep a rogue third one in check. The Supreme Court refuses to hold the White House back from abuses of power and Congress has abdicated its power of the purse to a man who has more bankrupted companies in his life than normal people have jobs.
mild-hot-fire on
I wouldn’t even say conservative anymore just corrupt
A_Refill_of_Mr_Pibb on
I’m in law school and with every page and chapter I have to hold the parallel thought of: “this may not matter anymore.”
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The share of Americans who say the Supreme Court is too conservative is hitting a new high, as the justices wade into a myriad of Trump administration legal disputes.
Forty-three percent of US adults say as much, according to new polling from Gallup. Independents and Democrats have mostly driven the increase, which is consistent with a trend that began following Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation, solidifying the court’s 6-3 conservative majority.
[Read the full story here.](https://www.semafor.com/article/10/01/2025/americans-increasingly-see-supreme-court-as-too-conservative-poll-finds)
“Americans increasingly think the sky is blue”
In other news, water is wet.
The problem is that there’s a large amount of people who are just fine with it.
Instead of tearing down the country that Republicans hate they could have left it as is and started their own self-contained hellscape.
Its not necessarily too conservative, its the blatant disregard for legal precedent, the open corruption, and the dismantling of all established checks and balances to create an authoritarian government. Oh, ya… I guess that is conservatism, my mistake.
what conservatism entails today is the question
Oops it appears the undo button is deactivated
I’d love to know if polled American’s UNDERSTAND how the Supreme Court justices are picked. Kamala said it in her debate…”The next president could elect TWO replacement members of the Supreme Court”
This is what idiots DON’T understand. Young adult IDIOT voters, or NON-VOTERS, you are setting in motion shit that will affect your children’s children’s lives. Your potential grandkids will be living in a world decided by “Trump’s Supreme Court”.
Clearance Thomas recently came out saying, “I can do anything I want, and no one on this planet can stop me”
Who the fuck votes for that? If this is what Tenure on the supreme Court means it should be removed.
I see the Supreme Court as too corrupt
This is good news in the sense that people are putting the blame on the right places for once
Non-paywalled article link: https://archive.ph/2025.10.01-131447/https://www.semafor.com/article/10/01/2025/americans-increasingly-see-supreme-court-as-too-conservative-poll-finds
I’m so old I can remember when conservatives could at least pretend that judicial activism is bad thing… then came the Roberts court.
Dumbass Americans voted for it.
It’s the utter hypocrisy of the court that stands out. The absolutely outrageous, very obvious judicial activism (after Republicans/Conservatives saying Judicial Activism was wrong for decades) is what stands out.
We live in a world, essentially, where nothing matters anymore.
It’s not too conservative, it’s too lawless
Who did they ask? I wonder of the Supreme Court was more left then would Americans would complain about that?
Too anti-Constitution for a Supreme Court. Too fond of authoritarian rule where there has never been one before. But mostly, too protective of rapist pedophiles, I’d say.
I think many Americans wouldn’t notice if the Supreme Court wasn’t handing all power to a lawless fascist dictator so quickly. Aren’t conservatives *supposed* to be the “law and order” party?
It’s not too conservative, it’s too corrupt and broken.
I simply see it as another cog in the mafia politics machine that is the GOP.
Kangaroos.
yeah bc they packed the fucking court.
According to the poll, among Democrats and Independents. Among Republicans, approval of SCOTUS sits at a pretty 79%. Deplorable.
Ftfy: Americans increasingly see supreme court as too regressive, poll finds
The Supreme Court has been controlled by Republicans since 1969.
Not conservative, regressive.
The problem isn’t so much them being conservative as it is them flagrantly ignoring precedent and irresponsibly abusing their authority as the final arbiters of the Constitution in America.
The fact that at this point we can’t say for sure if the Court will allow or deny Trump the right to abolish birthright citizenship in 14th Amendment through executive order speaks volumes to how far it’s fallen.
Shadow docket decisions are the next strike against them.
At this point a reformation of the Court is obligated because there is no more business as usual going forward.
Nothing “conservative” about destroying the constitution
Cold take. Opinion Polls are pointless if no one acts on them. The Supreme Court isn’t going to read a poll one day and say guys, we’ve lost touch with the public. We need to start being more liberal in our rulings and what not.
Too anti-constitution and too anti-USA and too corrupt.
lol, SC be like “hold my beer”.
By this time next week it will be illegal to call the court conservative.
The court was stolen by Republicans breaking precedent with blocking confirmations and also the confirmation of judges nominated by candidates that lost the popular vote.
I
This whole process has been done in such a shady way and they don’t care.
They lie about facts and allow petitioners to lie to the court when it helps secure their desired political outcome.
They speak to “history and tradition” while deliberately excluding and ignoring a great part of that history and tradition.
Reddit Politics headlines like these are just useless “engagement” tactics. They are designed to resonate with the largely liberal/progressive sentiments of those of us who come to this subreddit. But they are all completely useless because they never amount to anything that has a concrete effect on anything that Trump does. I’ve lost track of the number of headlines here about some Democrat, or doctor, or scientist, etc who has “slammed”,”bashed”, “excorciated”, etc the Administration, to no effect. And the GOP do not care about polls and have no intention of holding a free and fair election ever.
Headlines like these are just “rah-rah feel good” time wasters, so Reddit can sell more advertising.
Never have I seen any serious concrete proposals by any prominent leader on the left, progressive, or Democratic side.
“Americans increasingly see Supreme Court as too ~~conservative~~ corrupt”
Fixed it
It’s not even political bias that’s the issue. It’s the fact they’ve abandoned their constitutional duty to check the power of the executive branch. Our republic is failing because the system was set up so two branches could keep a rogue third one in check. The Supreme Court refuses to hold the White House back from abuses of power and Congress has abdicated its power of the purse to a man who has more bankrupted companies in his life than normal people have jobs.
I wouldn’t even say conservative anymore just corrupt
I’m in law school and with every page and chapter I have to hold the parallel thought of: “this may not matter anymore.”
Too corrupt
Too conservative? They’re outright Nazis!!!!