National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted March 20-21, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Generally speaking, how do you rate the way that the Supreme Court is doing its job—Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor?

5% Excellent
37% Good
41% Fair

13% Poor

4% Not sure

2* Should the Supreme Court make decisions based on what's written in the Constitution and legal precedents or should it be guided mostly by a sense of fairness and justice?

64% What’s written in the constitution
29% It should be guided by fairness and justice
7% Not sure

3* How does the Supreme Court work today? Does it make decisions primarily based on what's written in the Constitution and legal precedents or is it guided mostly by a sense of fairness and justice?

51% What’s written in the constitution
25% By fairness and justice
24% Not sure

4* Do most Supreme Court Justices have their own political agenda or do they generally remain impartial?

59% They have their own political agenda
23% They remain impartial
18% Not sure

5* When it comes to how you voted for President in Election 2008, how important an issue was the type of Supreme Court Justices a candidate would appoint?

44% Very important
34% Somewhat important
17% Not very important

2% Not at all important
3% Not sure

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