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Questions - Supreme Court Update - January 5-6, 2011

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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted January 5-6, 2011

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?

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?

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?

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

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

 

6* Are Supreme Court justices nominated by Barack Obama be too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

 

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