Trust in Judicial System Plunges to Record Low: Gallup

The number of Americans who have confidence in the courts plunges by 24 points since 2020, a new poll reports.

The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, which hears cases from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Lower Manhattan, New York, on Jan. 18, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Americans’ confidence in the country’s judicial system has fallen by 24 points over the past four years to a record low, according to Gallup.

A poll released by Gallup on Dec. 17 highlights an erosion of trust in America’s judicial system, with confidence falling from 59 percent in 2020 to an all-time low of 35 percent in 2024.