Supreme Court approval rating falls to one of lowest yet as justices consider Trump cases

The Supreme Court’s approval rating has plunged to one of its lowest levels yet ahead of a ruling on Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president.

The approval rating of the nation’s highest court stands at 40 per cent, according to the latest poll released by Marquette Law School on Wednesday.

The latest numbers rival only those of July 2022, when only 38 per cent of US adults said they approved of the Supreme Court and 61 per cent disapproved – just after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

The overall rating remains largely unchanged from November last year, when 41 per cent of respondents approved of the institution. However, the latest numbers represent a dramatic drop from 2020, when 66 per cent of respondents approved and 33 per cent disapproved.

Among Democrats, the latest poll numbers are even more dismal, with just 27 per cent saying they approve of the court and 73 per cent saying they disapprove of it. That is a dramatic drop from the 60 per cent approval and 39 per cent disapproval rating among Democrats in 2020.

The Supreme Court’s approval rating has plunged to one of its lowest levels ye

Meanwhile, 57 per cent of Republicans said they approve of the Supreme Court in the latest poll, while 43 per cent said they disapprove. In 2020, 78 per cent said they approve of the nation’s highest court, while 20 per cent disapproved.

The latest iteration of the poll was conducted between 5 and 15 February – a period that saw the nine justices hear arguments concerning Mr Trump’s eligibility to stay on the primary ballot in Colorado.

In December, the Supreme Court in Colorado ruled that the former president is ineligible to run in 2024 because of the 14th amendment’s ban on insurrectionists while holding office