Supreme Court approval of the work has been reduced to an all-time low, according to new polls conducted after the court declined to block a deeply divisive Texas law banning most abortions.
Only 37% of registered voters said they approved the management of their work by the court, and 50% expressed disapproval in a poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University, which has followed Supreme Court approval since 2004.
“The high court is affected by a low number,” said Tim Malloy, a survey analyst at the University of Quinnipiac. “In the midst of a whirlwind of partisan problems on its plate, the Conservative-leaning court sees its lowest approval ever.”
Just over a year ago, the election firm reported on what was basically a reverse result: 52% of registered voters said they approved of the way the court handled their work, 37% rejected and the ‘11% did not comment.
The poll released Wednesday was conducted about a week after the Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 to reject an emergency request from abortion providers to prevent the controversial restriction on Texas abortion from entering. in force.
The five Conservative judges who made up the majority said the procedural complexities helped determine the court’s refusal to block Texas law, but added that the resolution was not intended to resolve the “serious issues” about the constitutionality of Texas law. Texas.
Roe’s decisive 1973 decision against Wade could be in jeopardy next term, however, when the Supreme Court, with a conservative 6-3 majority, revises a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks.
In a related finding, the Quinnipiac poll showed that nearly 7 out of 10 agree with Roe’s decision and that more Americans (with a margin of 48 to 35) say the Supreme Court should facilitate the abortion and not be more difficult.
About 1,200 American adults across the country responded to the Sept. 10-13 survey, which has a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points.