Confidence in the Supreme Court has been lower in the last 16 years than before.
Specifically, 55% of Americans disapproved of "how the Court is handling its job" while 44% approved at the time.From 1973 to 2006, confidence in the court hovered around 47% and rarely dipped below 40%, according to Gallup.
Since 2006, about 35% of Americans were confident in the court on average. That number has not gone above 40% since then, per Gallup.
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