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Questions - Supreme Court - March 28-29, 2011

39% Say Legal System Worries Too Much About Individual Rights At Expense of National Security
30% Say Supreme Court Doing Good or Excellent Job, 21% Say Poor
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted March 28-29, 2011

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Generally speaking, how do you rate the way that the Supreme Court is doing its job—Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor?

 

 

2* In political terms is the Supreme Court too liberal, too conservative, or about right?



3* Are Supreme Court justices nominated by Barack Obama be too liberal, too conservative, or about right?

 

 

4* Some people say that there is a natural tension between protecting individual rights and national security. In the United States today, does our legal system worry too much about protecting individual rights, too much about protecting national security, or is the balance about right?

 

 

5* Some people say that there is a natural tension between protecting individual rights and public safety. In the United States today, does our legal system worry too much about protecting individual rights, too much about public safety, or is the balance about right?

 

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence