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Summary

Trust in the U.S. judicial system has hit a record low, with only 35% of Americans expressing confidence, according to Gallup.

Criticism centers on the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, accused of advancing right-wing agendas, eroding rights like abortion access, and lacking accountability.

This judicial capture, orchestrated by conservative groups like the Federalist Society, ensures Republican dominance in key policies for decades, regardless of future elections.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The US justice system has gone out of its way to make itself not trustworthy. It's surprising it's that high.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Well 3 of 9 judges supported putting in codified ethics I believe. So that means I'd think 33% of them were trustworthy. Throw in 2% for the people who answered, yes I trust them.. because they trust them to act in their own best interests, and we got to 35% haha

[–] [email protected] 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This guy cried about liking beer and he's in charge of the law of the land.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't know about that one, sounds like a fun story haha

Edit: what was it that happened?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The trump administration in 2016-2020 sped through his nomination.

It was one of the many shitshow experiences that Trump did in his first presidency and honestly, it's shit like this that people forget of how fucking awful a Trump Presidency is.

https://www.vox.com/2018/10/3/17928698/brett-kavanaugh-blackout-drinking-alcohol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

I didn't. There are many things I'm dreading.

Like, how could you not be excited for the return of the administration that coined the term "alternative facts"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Ah, I didn't recognize him. Never paid attention to the drinking or blacking out stuff. Thanks for the response though, guessing people thought my asking was insincere. Not really ready for 2025 yet, that's for sure

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

But this poll is not about the percentage of the justice system that might be trustworthy. It's about how many people thing the system is trustworthy, and if only 1/3 of the system is trying to make it trustworthy, then it demonstrably isn't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed. I suppose I needed to indicate that I was being facetious somehow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

It was obvious to me.