Gallup Poll: 58% of Americans Favor the Confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate: My role as a judge is limited 4:48 Washington (CNN) — A majority of Americans support the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, with 58% saying the The Senate should vote in favor of his landmark appointment to the nation’s highest court, according to a newly released Gallup poll. The poll, which was conducted in the weeks before Jackson’s confirmation hearings, further shows that 30% of respondents said the Senate should not vote to confirm her; an additional 12% had no opinion. “Support for Jackson is thus 10 percentage points above the historical norm, while the percentage of respondents with no opinion is 11 points lower,” the Gallup article said. The poll was released Wednesday morning as the Senate Judiciary Committee continues to hold confirmation hearings for Jackson. Democrats, according to Gallup, were overwhelmingly in favor of Jackson’s confirmation, while a slim majority of Republicans were against it. 88% of Democrats supported Jackson and 55% of Republicans opposed him. Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court 6:36A historic poll in favor of Jackson The only other Supreme Court nominee to have a similar approval rating in Gallup polls, which the report says is dating back to 1987, with the exceptions of Douglas Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, and Stephen Breyer, was Chief Justice John Roberts in 2005. He garnered the support of 59% of Americans, essentially tying Jackson on the rate highest approval rating, according to Gallup. Jackson was chosen in late February by President Joe Biden to fill the position of retiring Stephen Breyer. In doing so, Biden fulfilled his campaign promise to nominate the first black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. Speaking from the White House when he formally nominated Jackson, Biden said he was fulfilling her “responsibilities under the Constitution” in selecting her, highlighting not only her character and talents but also the importance of this appointment. “For too long, our government, our courts, have not looked like America,” the president said. “I believe it is time that we have a Court that reflects all the talent and greatness of our nation with a candidate of extraordinary qualifications, and that we inspire all young people to believe that one day they will be able to serve their country at the highest level.” . Overall approval of Americans for the US Supreme Court fell to 49%, in July 2021, according to a Gallup poll, released at the time. For Wednesday’s poll results, Gallup surveyed 1,017 American adults from March 1 to 18, using live telephone interviewers to reach landlines and cell phones. The results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.