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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 26, 2023

The share of Americans with a favorable opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to its lowest point in public opinion surveys dating to 1987, the Pew Research Center reports. A new survey shows that fewer than half of Americans express a favorable opinion of the court, while a narrow majority have an unfavorable view. Opinions of the court have become somewhat less positive since April, when about half of Americans had a favorable impression. The center reports that this data marks the first time in its polling that the public’s views of the Supreme Court are significantly more negative than positive. Read more about the recent findings.