As the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Sonia Sotomayor begin next week, a poll shows amazing levels of ignorance about our judicial branch among the American people.
A majority did not know that there were nine justices on the Supreme Court, and very few people in the poll could name even one Supreme Court Justice now sitting on the bench.
Considering how much the Supreme Court affects all Americans’ lives on a regular basis, it is shocking that there is so little knowledge of our judicial system, how it works, and who sits in judgment on constitutional cases.
Despite the fact that more Americans graduate high school and attend college than ever before, it is clear that the educational curriculum continues to lack in so many areas, of which knowledge of our government is just one of the glaring weaknesses.