Americans Have Never Trusted the Supreme Court Less

Thursday, October 01, 2026

Americans' trust and confidence in the judicial branch has hit a new low as the Supreme Court prepares for a new term, according to Gallup.

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The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions. Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court? https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone

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-- Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 4:45 PM Â· Sep 18, 2026

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Supreme Court Justices may be impeached and prosecuted if we have a Congress with enough honesty and courage to do so. What are the chances of that?

#1 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-10-01 11:12 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Numbers less than zero on a numbers line, any old numbers line.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-10-01 11:19 AM | Reply

Happens when one party rams through 3 Supreme Court justices and they vote time after time to support anything Trump wants.

Happens when time after time they vote to strip Americans of our privileges.

"Rights aren't rights if someone can take them away. They're privileges. That's all we've ever had in this country is a bill of temporary privileges. And if you read the news even badly, you know that every year the list gets shorter and shorter and shorter."
-George Carlin

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-01 11:31 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Bought and paid for.

If we want to stop the poisoning of our judicial system, first we have to cut off the head of the snake.

VOTE!

#4 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-10-01 12:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The Supreme Court has never been more obviously compromised.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-01 01:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Half of them are in the Epstein files.

It's in their own self interest to assist Trump.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-01 01:45 PM | Reply

Happens when one party rams through 3 Supreme Court justices and they vote time after time to support anything Trump wants.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-01 11:31 AM | Reply | Flag:

Didn't Obama leave an appointment on the table for Trump to make?

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-01 01:51 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

" Didn't Obama leave an appointment on the table for Trump to make?"

No, Mitch McConnell refused to have hearings, saying the electorate should make that decision.

The exact opposite of his ramming through ACB right before Biden took office.

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-10-01 02:02 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Justice ----- is owned by a Nazi.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-10-01 02:03 PM | Reply

i believe that shoud be amended to read: 'Liberal Americans.....'

#10 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-10-01 02:04 PM | Reply

When reading, comprehension counts.

#11 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-10-01 02:12 PM | Reply

Bloated rapist says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett

thehill.com

#12 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-10-01 02:29 PM | Reply

#12

Unreal.

www.youtube.com

#13 | Posted by South_American at 2026-10-01 05:04 PM | Reply

Didn't Obama leave an appointment on the table for Trump to make?

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds

My God. You really are this f*&^ing stupid, aren't you?

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2026-10-01 06:06 PM | Reply

i believe that shoud be amended to read: 'Liberal Americans.....'

#10 | Posted by MSgt

No, idiot.

This is why MAGA will start the political violence eventually.

Even when facing the insurmountable evidence of just how lonely and stupid they are out there on Idiot Ranch, they'll reach for the same old tropes about libruls and CoMmUnIsTz.

And when the conclusion becomes unavoidable, they'll lash out violently rather than accept it.

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2026-10-01 06:09 PM | Reply