Only a few countries, including Venezuela and Syria, have experienced larger drops in confidence in their courts

Summary

Americans’ confidence in the US judicial system hit a record low of 35% in 2024, dropping 24 points since 2020, according to a Gallup poll.

This decline is among the steepest globally over similar periods.

Confidence fell sharply among Biden’s opponents, likely tied to Trump’s legal cases, while Biden supporters’ confidence dropped 18 points this year, reflecting dissatisfaction with court rulings favoring Trump.

Democrats’ trust in the Supreme Court plummeted after the 2022 Dobbs decision and further declined in 2024. Meanwhile, Republican trust rose to 71%.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    93·
    10 days ago

    Our judicial system is an international embarrassment.

    And the only other option would rather keep repeating everything is fine while the house burns down instead of working to fix it.

    Biden really said “no one is above the law”.

    Like, anyone stupid enough to believe that is already voting R. For Dem voters it required too much cognitive dissonance. Either Biden was bald face lying, or he honestly believed it, which is even worse because it’s obviously not true

    • metaStatic@kbin.earth
      52·
      10 days ago

      senile old man who grew up when the system worked believes the system still works? say it isn’t so.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        10 days ago

        What?

        Biden was a politician fighting school desegregation…

        Do you have any idea what the US justice system was like in the 1940s?

        It didn’t work then, and it hasn’t worked since. It’s just an 82 year old can’t be counted on to remember breakfast accurately, let alone a literal lifetime ago