Most Americans Clueless About SCOTUS
Friday January 13, 2006
According to a FindLaw survey six out of 10 Americans cannot name a sitting US Supreme Court Justice. Almost one-third could name Sandra Day O'Connor and two-out-of-10 could name Clarence Thomas, suggesting that notoriety has some reward. Next was Chief Justice Roberts at 16 percent. The Ipsos survey has a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.
"In a way it's not surprising that most members of the public can't name a single Supreme Court justice," according to Stephen Presser, Northwestern University Law School. "The average citizen probably doesn't view the judicial role as being as important as the role of Congress, which in effect makes the laws, or the president, who administers the laws. The reality is that who sits on the Supreme Court makes a big difference as to what happens to us as a nation. As such, the public ought to be paying more attention to the Supreme Court and the battles over the nomination of justices."
"In a way it's not surprising that most members of the public can't name a single Supreme Court justice," according to Stephen Presser, Northwestern University Law School. "The average citizen probably doesn't view the judicial role as being as important as the role of Congress, which in effect makes the laws, or the president, who administers the laws. The reality is that who sits on the Supreme Court makes a big difference as to what happens to us as a nation. As such, the public ought to be paying more attention to the Supreme Court and the battles over the nomination of justices."
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