National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted June 3-4, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Imagine that two well-qualified judges heard a series of challenging legal cases and that one was a man, the other a woman. If they both carefully examined all the facts, studied the appropriate law, and honestly tried to apply the law as it was written, would they reach the same conclusion most of the time?

66% Yes

17% No

17% Not sure

2* Okay… what if one of the judges was white and the other Hispanic. If they both carefully examined all the facts, studied the law carefully, and honestly tried to apply the law as it was written, would they reach the same conclusion most of the time?

67% Yes

16% No

17% Not sure

3* When considering important cases, do most Supreme Court Justices carefully examine all the facts, study the appropriate law, and honestly try to apply the law as it was written?

48% Yes

27% No

25% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence