Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch: Partisan loyalty now drives Americans’ trust in justice
Authors Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch discuss how partisan loyalty is increasingly influencing public trust in the American criminal justice system.
Americans have rarely trusted their institutions less. In June, Gallup found average confidence in the 14 institutions it tracks was near a record low. Some 9% of the public trusted Congress, 27% trusted the Supreme Court, and 45% trusted the police. The criminal justice system, as a whole, ranked near the bottom.
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