Source: The American Prospect
by Harold Meyerson
“When he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee as it considered his nomination for chief justice in 2005, John Roberts likened the Court’s role to that of an umpire, simply calling balls and strikes as the justices saw them. Today, 19 years after Roberts began presiding over the Supreme Court, Americans overwhelmingly believe that the Court would rule a pitch that sailed over the backstop was a strike if that somehow enabled Republicans to win a crucial election. Last Thursday, the Pew Research Center released a survey of more than 4,000 registered voters gauging their levels of confidence in the fairness and accuracy of the electoral process in the upcoming presidential election. It found that 73 percent of all voters (90 percent of Harris supporters and 57 percent of Trump supporters) were confident that ‘the elections will be run well.'” (10/28/24)
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-10-28-americans-election-supreme-court/