Unintentional humor from this Boston Globe editorial: "Confidence in judicial system hits the skids." They cite a Gallup poll showing a collapse in trust in the judiciary:
A year of widening political divisions ended with the sobering news that confidence in the nation’s judicial system has also taken a hit, dropping to a record low 35 percent, according to the most recent Gallup poll.
Between 2020 and 2024, public confidence in the judicial system plummeted 24 points — from 59 percent to 35 percent — a precipitous decline.
The entirety of the editorial suggests that this drop in trust is because Clarance Thomas took some gifts from a donor who had no business in front of the Supreme Court.
In the original source material, the Gallup report mentions Thomas not once but does take note of one factor that contributes to Americans' distrust in the legal system: lawfare against Trump.
However, the 17-point drop under Biden signals that something profound occurred to atypically shake his opponents’ confidence in the courts -- with the various legal cases against Trump likely factors. Similarly, the 18-point decline in confidence in the judicial system between 2023 and 2024 among those who approve of their country’s leadership may also be related to Trump’s legal cases, reflecting dissatisfaction with several circuit court and Supreme Court decisions that went in Trump’s favor.
Emphasis added. Lawfare against Trump is not mentioned at all in the Boston Globe editorial. Gosh, darn, it's gotta be that Dobbs decision and nothing else.
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