Public’s Opinion of Supreme Court Drops After Health Care Law Decision
Adam Liptak and Allison Kopicki wrote this article today in the New York Times. They analyze the results of a recent Gallop poll which found that opinions of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts are now much more negative than they were seven years ago, with the most recent reading coming soon after he joined the four Democratic appointees on the Court to uphold the U.S. healthcare law. Republicans’ favorable rating of Roberts is down 40 percentage points from 2005, while Democrats’ is up 19.
For the full Gallop Survey go to: http://www.gallup.com/poll/155738/Republicans-Turn-Against-John-Roberts-Supreme-Court.aspx.
Gallop has done polling on public opinion of the United States Supreme Court for a long time. CBS has a story today which reported that, “Most Americans are unfamiliar with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts or have no opinion of him. However, in the wake of Roberts’ decision to side with liberals on the court and uphold President Obama’s health care law, a new CBS News/ New York Times poll shows that the conservative justice is more popular among liberals than conservatives.”
Among Americans overall, 73 percent have no opinion or are undecided about Roberts, according to the poll, conducted July 11-16. Fourteen percent have a favorable view of him while 12 percent have an unfavorable view.
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