Russians have more confidence in their courts than we do.
Iranians have more confidence in their courts than we do.
Ain’t that a shame? It is not just the Supreme Court of the land; it is up and down the system, including the state systems.
In 2023, the last year in which reasonably comprehensive global data were available, the United States was in 92nd place in a ranking of nations by public confidence in their judiciaries, at 42 percent. Five countries had confidence levels of 85 percent or more: Kuwait, Singapore, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland.
Among other nations ranked higher than the United States last year were Russia, Iraq, Iran, Libya and Hungary.