College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Date of Last Revision
2024-06-04 07:22:23
Major
Political Science
Honors Course
POLIT 497-003
Number of Credits
3
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2024
Abstract
American citizens are granted several freedoms by the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution. The First Amendment established protections for the rights of assembly, petition, press, religion, and speech, the lattermost of which enables people to express ideas without fear of suppression from their government. Therefore, the general public is empowered to hold various opinions about the institutions that wield authority over them. Measuring public opinion is a crucial endeavor to those in power, as such work yields intuition for how different branches of government are perceived over time. The federal judiciary is helmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, comprised of eight associate justices and one chief justice. Those who sit on the Supreme Court are not directly chosen in an election, insulating their jurisdiction in comparison to the President and Congress. Despite historical trends, approval in the Court is undergoing a drastic decline. In this study, I explain changing attitudes of Americans concerning political issues relative to notable verdicts by the Supreme Court through examination of previous studies pertaining to judiciary approval and interviews with registered voters on the subject, gathering evidence in support of several causal relationships which explain the phenomenon occurring.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Phil Marcin
First Reader
Dr. Nancy Marion
Second Reader
Dr. Ron Gelleny
Honors Faculty Advisor
Dr. Ron Gelleny
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
No
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Gabriella, "Declining Approval in the Supreme Court of the United States" (2024). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1815.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1815
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