Only 44% of Americans Approve of Job the Supreme Court is doing

According to a poll conducted by the NY Times and CBS News:

Three-quarters say the justices’ decisions are sometimes influenced by their personal or political views
Approval was as high as 66 percent in the late 1980s, and by 2000 approached 50 percent
On the highest-profile issue now facing the court, the poll found that more than two-thirds of Americans hope that the court overturns some or all of the 2010 health care law when it rules, probably this month
Just one in eight Americans said the justices decided cases based only on legal analysis
The public is skeptical about life tenure for the justices, with 60 percent agreeing with the statement that “appointing Supreme Court justices for life is a bad thing because it gives them too much power.”
The court’s tepid approval ratings crossed ideological lines and policy agendas. Liberals and conservatives both registered about 40 percent approval rates