Almost Half Say SCOTUS Rulings on Trump Agenda Are Political

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Nearly half of Americans say they believe the Supreme Court is ruling on President Trump's policies based on ideology instead of the law, according to a new poll.

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...The Washington Post/Ipsos survey, conducted July 8-13, found that 46 percent of 2,648 respondents said they believe the nine justices are ruling on cases impacting the president's agenda based on ideology.

A quarter of respondents said the high court is ruling on those cases based on the law, while 28 percent had no opinion and 1 percent skipped the question.

The Supreme Court has given Trump multiple unfavorable rulings during his second term. The high court in February struck down emergency tariffs the president issued on imports last year and invalidated his Day 1 executive order restricting birthright citizenship last month.

But the high court has also ruled in the president's favor, including when it allowed him to fire Democrat Rebecca Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The 6-3 decision, handed down along ideological lines, overturned the high court's 1935 decision in Humphrey's Executor v. United States -- which afforded certain executive branch agencies a degree of independence from the White House for 91 years.

Under the latest ruling, the president has increased authority over federal agencies, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing the decision grants "far greater power than ever before" to Trump and future occupants of the Oval Office. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-21 02:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

That's because the other half either aren't paying attention or support their decisions and don't care about them being political.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-21 02:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

The Supreme Court decision is 9-0.

Nobody doubted it for a second.

But,if the Court leans one way, it must be political. Especially if all the Justices are appointed by one side creating a majority.

How much did the decisions, after 9 Justices were appointed by one President, affect the country.

Of course the SCOTUS is political. They can't get appointed without having a bias.

#3 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-07-21 08:27 PM | Reply

"The Supreme Court decision is 9-0."

Which decision are you referring to?

We generally like decisions that are 9-0.

"Of course the SCOTUS is political."

And you don't see the problem with that? The Law should be blind to "politics".

The Supreme Court MUST be blind to politics to preserve its constitutional legitimacy.

It should be obvious to you that if the Court were swayed by daily political currents, our fundamental rights- such as free speech, religious liberty, or equal protection for marginalized groups- could be compromised by whoever holds the majority at the time.

Interpretations of the Constitution should not depend on who is in the majority at the time.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-21 10:11 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Only half? The other half must have released a "proof of life" photo.

#5 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-07-24 10:42 AM | Reply