As Clarence Thomas faces record unpopularity, Americans want an ethics code for the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ended a monthslong saga last week by officially disclosing trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. The incident brought to light a key fact: Unlike other federal courts and the executive and legislative branches, the US Supreme Court does not have a formal ethics […] Read more »

National survey finds four-point increase in overall public approval of U.S. Supreme Court’s performance and plurality support of five recent major decisions

A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds that 45% of adults approve of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing and 55% disapprove. While approval remains below disapproval, this is a 4-percentage point increase in approval since May and the second highest rating since March 2022, when […] Read more »

CNN Poll: January 6 hearings haven’t changed opinions much, but most agree Trump acted unethically

After the eight public hearings held by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the American public’s views on the state of democracy and the threat posed to it by that event have changed little, according to a new CNN poll conducted by […] Read more »

The state of faith

We’ve all heard the headlines. Church membership is dropping. Secularization is rising. Religious activities no longer anchor the average American’s social life. And yet a new survey from the Deseret News and Marist Poll shows that the story of faith in America is far more complicated — and nuanced — […] Read more »