Supreme Court approval hits record low as Republicans' support declines

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington on June 25, 2026, as the court releases a series of decisions nearing the end of its current term.Mehmet Eser | Anadolu | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court's job approval rating among all Americans has hit a record low, as support for the high court by Republicans sharply dropped in 2026, a new Gallup poll has found.Just 33% of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing, Gallup found. That is a 6-percentage-point drop from the 39% who approved of its work in July 2025, which was the prior low-water mark for approval of the court.A record high of 61% of Americans disapprove of the court, according to Gallup, which has been polling the public's approval of the Supreme Court for 26 years. That is up from a disapproval rate of 52% last September."Republicans' approval rating of the Supreme Court has dropped to 58% from a near-record high 79% in the last measurement in September," Gallup noted in a write-up about the poll. That is the lowest approval rating among Republicans in nearly three years.Read more CNBC politics coverage"This decline may indicate that rulings unfavorable to the Trump administration this term, such as...