Most Democratic Voters Want to ‘Abolish’ Supreme Court

Survey of 1,025 Likely Voters by Rasmussen Reports, LLC and the Heartland Institute

July 6-7, 2022

Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court?

Do you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with the following statement?: “The U.S. Supreme Court is a fundamentally racist institution.”

Do you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with the following statement?: “The U.S. Supreme Court is a fundamentally sexist institution that favors men over women.”

There are nine justices on the Supreme Court. Some congressional Democrats have proposed expanding that number to 13. Would you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose legislation to increase the size of the Supreme Court to 13 seats?

Would you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose legislation that would abolish the current Supreme Court and establish a new, democratically elected Supreme Court with justices chosen by the American people directly?

Would you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose a constitutional amendment that would give the United Nations the authority to reverse U.S. Supreme Court decisions that U.N. members believe violate human rights?

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