A record-high share of Americans now describe the Supreme Court as leaning too far to the right, according to a new Gallup survey.

At the same time, public approval of the nation’s highest court and faith in the broader legal system remain at near-record lows.

The poll — conducted Sept. 2-16 — sampled 1,000 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Supreme Court ideology

A plurality of respondents, 43%, labeled the Supreme Court as “too conservative.” This is up from 41% in 2024, and it marks the highest such figure recorded since Gallup first asked about the court’s ideological leanings in 1993.

Over the past decade, the share of Americans describing the high court as too conservative has risen steadily, coinciding with the expansion of its conservat

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