Thursday, February 2, 2006
Findlaw's Supreme Court Awareness Survey
From Findlaw.com: "According to a December 2005 national survey conducted by FindLaw, only 43 percent of American adults can name at least one justice who is currently serving on the nation's highest court. Fifty-seven percent of Americans can't name any current U.S. Supreme Court justices.The percentages of Americans who could name each current justice were as follows:
- Sandra Day O'Connor - 27%
- Clarence Thomas - 21%
- John Roberts - 16%
- Antonin Scalia - 13%
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 12%
- Anthony Kennedy - 7%
- David Souter - 5%
- Stephen Breyer - 3%
- John Paul Stevens - 3%
The national survey used a representative sample of 1,000 adults nationwide, with a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points." [Mark Godsey]
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2006/02/findlaws_suprem.html