Overview
- Gallup found just 33% of Americans approve of the Supreme Court’s job while a record 61% disapprove, based on a July telephone poll of 1,200 adults with a ±4 percentage-point margin of error.
- Republican approval plunged from about 79% in September to 58% in the July poll, a steep drop Gallup links to recent decisions perceived as unfavorable to the Trump administration.
- Key rulings this term included limits on the president’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose broad tariffs, the voiding of a birthright-citizenship executive order, the rejection of a summary firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, and a separate decision that expanded presidential removal power over some agency officials.
- Approval among Democrats remains very low at 12% and independents at 35%, a split that reflects the court’s sustained 6–3 conservative majority and long-standing partisan polarization of public views.
- The decline raises questions about the court’s public legitimacy and could affect future confirmation fights, partisan messaging, and how voters view rulings, so observers will watch subsequent polls and political responses for signs of lasting damage.