Popular Supreme Court a threat to democracy? Liberals panic over latest poll
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What is now the existential threat to democracy? A new Gallup poll showing that Chief Justice John Roberts is the most popular political figure in public life.
Levitz assumes that if the justices or the institution were unpopular, it would compel different outcomes or changes on the court.
The apoplectic response of many in the media was notable with liberals asking, "What's wrong with you, America?" Yet, none was more revealing than the New York Magazine in explaining the reason. After all, it would not seem to take much to be the most popular in a class of public officials widely despised by the public. The three highest-ranking congressional leaders – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. – remain highly unpopular at 48, 40, and 48% disapproval, respectively.