National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted May 12-13, 2010

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
32% Good
45% Fair

15% Poor

3% 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?

68% What’s written in the constitution
26% 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?

44% What’s written in the constitution
29% By fairness and justice
26% Not sure

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

53% They have their own political agenda
29% They remain impartial
18% Not sure

5* In political terms is the Supreme Court too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

33% Too liberal

27% Too conservative

33% About right

7% Not sure

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