67% of Americans favor Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices, per a new Poll from AP and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That includes 82% of Democrats and 57% of Republicans.
43% of Americans also say they have "hardly any" Confidence in the Court, up from 27% Three months ago.
The Poll comes soon after the Supreme Court issued a number of High-Profile rulings, including Overturning Roe v. Wade and Expanding Gun Rights.
53% of Americans Disapprove of the Court's decision to overturn Roe, while 30% Approve, and 16% say they hold neither Opinion, the Poll found.
There's a Partisan Divide over Approval of the Decision, with 63% of Republicans Approving and 80% of Democrats Disapproving.
There's also a stark Partisan Divide over overall Confidence in the Cour:
- 64% of Democrats say they have "hardly any" Confidence, up from 27% in April. 31% have only some Confidence and just 4% have a Great Deal of Confidence, down from 17%.
- For Republicans, Confidence in the Court has Improved, with 34% saying they have a Great deal of Confidence, up from 21% in an April Poll. An additional 47% have only Some Confidence, and 18% hardly any.
Democratic Lawmakers, including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District), have discussed placing Term Limits on Supreme Court jJstices in the wake of the Roe Decision.
President Biden's Supreme Court Commission has shown strong interest in imposing Terms Limits on Justices, though Biden has Not weighed-in after the Final Report was released in December, 2021.
Methodology: The Poll of 1,085 Adults was conducted July 14-17 using NORC's Probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel.
The Margin of sampling Error for All Respondents is ±3.9 percentage points.
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