Eight out of ten Americans and 94 percent of lawyers feel that the process of confirming judges to the Supreme Court has become increasingly political, according to a national survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Institutions of Democracy
Public Confident, Lawyers Not, That President Bush Will Make Good Choice in Supreme Court Nomination
Nearly six in ten of Americans say that they are confident the President will make good choices in his nominations to replace Supreme Court justices, while six in ten lawyers do not have faith in Bush’s ability to choose the best candidate for lifetime appointment in the highest court.
One-Fourth of Public Considers Rush Limbaugh a journalist
About as many Americans consider Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio talk show star, to be a journalist as say the same of Bob Woodward, the Washington Post’s assistant managing editor who broke the Watergate story with Carl Bernstein.
Public and Press Differ About Partisan Bias, Accuracy and Press Freedom
The American public disapproves only narrowly of partisan journalism, splits about evenly on whether news organizations usually get their facts straight and narrowly accepts the idea that the government can limit the right of the press to report a story.