Only a few countries, including Venezuela and Syria, have experienced larger drops in confidence in their courts

Summary

Americans’ confidence in the US judicial system hit a record low of 35% in 2024, dropping 24 points since 2020, according to a Gallup poll.

This decline is among the steepest globally over similar periods.

Confidence fell sharply among Biden’s opponents, likely tied to Trump’s legal cases, while Biden supporters’ confidence dropped 18 points this year, reflecting dissatisfaction with court rulings favoring Trump.

Democrats’ trust in the Supreme Court plummeted after the 2022 Dobbs decision and further declined in 2024. Meanwhile, Republican trust rose to 71%.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    102·
    5 months ago

    A convicted felon rapist who incited an insurrection and illegally attempted to overturn an election will become our leader and the most influential person on the planet.

    Yeah. Our judicial system is an international embarrassment.

    And so are we as a society.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      5 months ago

      Our judicial system is an international embarrassment.

      And the only other option would rather keep repeating everything is fine while the house burns down instead of working to fix it.

      Biden really said “no one is above the law”.

      Like, anyone stupid enough to believe that is already voting R. For Dem voters it required too much cognitive dissonance. Either Biden was bald face lying, or he honestly believed it, which is even worse because it’s obviously not true

  • generalpotato@lemmy.world
    12·
    5 months ago

    No shit?

    Maybe if the judicial systems would start prosecuting actual criminals like Trump, Musk, Bezos, Clintons, CEOs, corporations and a bunch of people in power incl our war criminal presidents instead of people acting out of desperation, the public would have confidence in it.

    Remember, people are resorting to extremes and MAGA movements because our systems have failed them and they don’t see a way out apart from being mavericks.

  • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
    3·
    5 months ago

    Confidence fell sharply among Biden’s opponents, likely tied to Trump’s legal cases, while Biden supporters’ confidence dropped 18 points this year, reflecting dissatisfaction with court rulings favoring Trump.

    This makes intuitive sense. It proved to both groups that the justice system is a sham, just for different reasons.