Americans Increasingly See SCOTUS as Too Conservative

Saturday, October 04, 2025

The share of Americans who say the Supreme Court is too conservative is hitting a new high, as the justices wade into a myriad of Trump administration legal disputes.

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More: The institution is increasingly polarizing: Forty-two percent of Americans approve of the job the high court is doing, and there's a massive 65-point gap in its approval rate between Republicans and Democrats. The percentage of Americans who say they have at least a fair amount of confidence in the federal judiciary is also at a near-record low of 49%.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2025-10-01 11:28 AM | Reply

Not conservative, ------- paid off.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-10-01 11:34 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I see them as being corrupt, for the most part.

And a bunch of sniveling cowards, for the most part.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-01 11:36 AM | Reply

Too Conservative ?

Exactly what are they "Conserving".

Not the rule of law, that's for sure.

#4 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-10-01 12:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The Court that ruled that the President can legally order extrajudicial murders of whoever he wants dead is too conservative?

#5 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-10-01 01:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

SCOTUS it to rules as to whether on not something is Constitutional, not for liberal agendas.

#6 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-10-04 03:04 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

SCOTUS it to rules as to whether on not something is Constitutional

When will they start?

All they've been doing recently is rubber stamping all things Trump.

Figuring out how to circumnavigate the constitution.

Is that what the SCOTUS is supposed to do?

Blindly support all things Trump?

Strip Americans of our civil rights?

One things for sure. You won't answer. Because the Facebook meme you're regurgitating can't help you critically think about reality.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-04 03:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Not too conservative... SCOTUS is corrupt.

#8 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-10-04 04:31 PM | Reply

Not conservative. Conservative is frugal and cautious.

#9 | Posted by TenMile at 2025-10-04 05:04 PM | Reply

To the comments about Trump's agenda -- and the Supreme Court that is rubber stamping it -- not being "Conservative."

You are correct, but pay attention to what's going on.
They're normalizing Hard Right Fascism by calling it Conservatism.
Like it's just further along some Spectrum of political discourse.
Like the Supreme Court hasn't crossed a Rubicon where the Executive Branch, as a matter of policy, is free to ignore the rule of law as promulgated by Congress.

That's how the media operates to shift the Overton Window.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-04 05:10 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

SCOTUS it to rules as to whether on not something is Constitutional, not for liberal agendas.

#6 | Posted by MSgt

Funny how "constitutional" really means "agrees with my s*&^ worldview."

Funny how the idiots who can't ever stop blathering on about the constitution are the ones most ignorant of what it actually means and says.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-04 05:24 PM | Reply

SCOTUS it to rules as to whether on not something is Constitutional, not for liberal agendas.

#6 | POSTED BY MSGT

Where does it say that in the constitution?

If you believe that is true then show us.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-04 05:29 PM | Reply

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The Constitution doesn't explicitly grant the Supreme Court the power of judicial review"the ability to determine if a law is Constitutional"but it establishes the judicial branch with the authority to hear cases "under this Constitution" (Article III, Section 2), which, through Supreme Court interpretation and precedent like Marbury v. Madison, has come to include this power.

The Supreme Court gave itself that power.

Isn't that interesting?

#13 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-04 05:31 PM | Reply

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#14 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-10-04 05:50 PM | Reply

Too conservative?

Never conservative enough for Trump. Or, as Trump's niece clearly warned America in her book about her Uncle Donald, "Too Much and Never Enough."

#15 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-10-04 07:53 PM | Reply

Only fools are continuing to justify Trump and his multi-pronged assault on the American system. Fools or fascists.

It turns out that a lot of people who thought of themselves as conservative actually kind of like fascism. They kind of like having a vengeful dictator making up laws as he goes, ignoring the courts,
invading our cities, blowing up boats, making a profit off the presidency, firing thousands of people, attacking the media, taking healthcare away from millions and ruining our international standing. They like his cruelty and his contempt for the little people.

#16 | Posted by cbob at 2025-10-05 05:02 PM | Reply