The Supreme Court's approval rating is up among Democrats in the months since it overturned Roe v. Wade, poll finds. Here's why. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
support for the Republican-controlled court has increased in the months since Dobbs, from 15% to 35%. Overall, the poll shows 47% approval and 53% disapproval. That's up from the post-Dobbs low of 38% approval in July last year but still lower than the 60% approval of July 2021.
So what’s with the increased support lately? Dobbs obviously drove the previous decrease, and there’ve been plenty ofsince then about the ruling’s devastating effects. Of course, it's possible that those numbers will sink again when the court issues its most controversial decisions this term, which, like in Dobbs, might not happen until late June when the court usually wraps up.
On the subject of public awareness, another thing that stood out in the poll is how relatively few people are aware of what’s happening at the court, not only with its cases but with its composition: 23% said they thought a majority of the justices were appointed by Democrats . I’ll be doing my part to cover the court here on the blog, so stay tuned for upcoming decisions this term that might change those numbers.Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He previously served as a prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and is the author of the forthcoming book “Bizarro” about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Prior to joining MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.
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