A New Poll Shows Most Americans Think Supreme Court Justices Side with Politics Before Impartiality

The court is experiencing severe growing pains, with several new justices being appointed in the past five years. Many have sided unanimously with former President Donald Trump despite the divisive and controversial issues being favored the opposite way in the public.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research study found that only 3 in 10 Americans think that justices perform the necessary research needed to come to a fair conclusion. Instead, most U.S. adults think that justices vote almost blindly alongside their chosen ideology or to make political peers happy.

For instance, when the court overturned Roe v. Wade, politicians, celebrities, and residents came together to protest the decision. Despite most Americans being in favour of abortion care, the implications have had negative effects on women and girls who cannot access life-saving medical care. On top of that, the decision made less women want to have kids in case they face late term pregnancy complications.

Now, the highest court will decide if Trump is immune from criminal charges over the 2020 reelection defeat when he attempted to have the results overturned by force.

Since then, the conservative justices, especially those he appointed, side almost exclusively with his personal ideology. Many think that the justices vote in a way to please former Pres. Trump.

When the case was reentered into the court system, the justices overturned Trump’s earlier ban on the gun accessory, saying that bump stocks do not “alter the basic mechanics of firing.” Although Trump now says he has nothing to do with the ban, it was the first time the Supreme Court sided against the former Republican president. The case does, however, show that the justices continue to side with their politician affiliation.

“The court’s decision-making is so polluted,” Weddell said. “No matter what they say on President Trump’s immunity, this will be politically motivated.” Weddell plans to vote for Trump in November but thinks the justices may remove him from the docket.

Instead, most people agree that justices take bribes from lobbying groups or vote alongside political parties to gain favor of politicians.

Some of the items included a multi-million dollar home for his mother, cruises on Republican billionaire donor Haran Crow’s yacht, flights on private jets, hotel stays, and more. Lawmakers have brushed off the accusations of impropriety, but public opinion of Thomas changed forever.

Matt Rogers, a 37-year-old Republican voter from Knoxville, Tennesee, says, “I don’t have a lot of faith in the Supreme Court. And that’s unfortunate because that’s the final say-so, the final check and balance on our three-branch government.” People on both sides of the aisle want to see more checks and balances on the massive decisions being handed down by the courts.

The same people who answered the poll think that many of the court’s toughest decisions, like abortion care and gun control, are made to side with certain political players instead of making fair and rational decisions to improve the lives of Americans.

However, in 2017, McConnel allowed hearings after Trump nominated Gorsuch within ten days of taking office. Now, most Americans are stuck living with a system they don’t trust with impartiality.