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Poll: Confidence in Supreme Court Hits All-Time Low

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GETTY 070114 SCOTUS?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1404219382930Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — For years, Americans have been skeptical about whether the president and Congress really have their best interests at heart while the Supreme Court has appeared to keep their trust.

That can’t be said any longer, according to a new Gallup poll.

Americans’ faith in the high court has sunk to a new low with just three in ten now having confidence in the judicial branch.

It’s a far cry from 1988 when 56 percent said they had confidence in the Supreme Court. However, it’s been a slow, steady decline since then. In the last poll two years ago, 37 percent viewed the high court in a positive light.

As usual, Congress takes the biggest hit with a mere seven percent of respondents in the Gallup poll expressing confidence in D.C. lawmakers, a record low.

Meanwhile, President Obama has also seen his numbers tumble since first taking office in 2009 with just 29 percent expressing confidence in his performance, his lowest numbers in six years.


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