As federal judges pressed for President Donald Trump’s administration, more American voters say they believe the administrative and courts have too many powers over the growing clash between the presidency and the judicial divisions.
But it’s worth noting that changes over the past six years have led to Trump’s vast policy agenda this year and Roev of the Supreme Court in 2022. Wade’s overturned thing has been driven by democratic voters who are frustrated at different times.
The new poll came from March 7-11 before Trump called for a federal judge’s ammo for each of the orders that had issued an order to stop Venezuelan immigrants from being deported. And as Trump and his allies speak out more about his policies that are being hampered by courts, there could be a major change in how voters hamper the power of the courts and the administrative department.
An NBC News poll found that 43% of registered voters believe the president and administrative agencies have too much power, while 39% say branch power is right and 6% say it has too little power.
In asking the same question about the Supreme Court and the Judicial Branch, 28% said they had too much power in the branch, 49% said they had the right amount of power, and 8% said they had too little power.
In comparison, 46% said there is about a volume of power in the Congress and the legislative sector, 18% said there is too much power in the branches and 19% said there is too little power.
The share of those who say there are too many government agencies is higher than the last time NBC News asked questions in June 2019, as well as those who say there is too much power in the judicial sector. (When NBC News last voted on this question, the survey included US adults, and a 2025 poll questioned registered voters. Both surveys quizzed respondents about political trends, allowing comparisons by party over time.)
Stocks that believe there are too many administrative agencies are seven points higher in the new polls of registered voters than adults in 2019, while shares that believe there are too many judicial sectors are nine points higher in the latest survey.
The movement is driven by a large difference in partisan differences. This suggests ambiguity between Democrats’ frustration and Republicans.
Of Democrats, 75% believe that the administrative agency has too much power (from 55% of self-identified Democrats in June 2019). By comparison, 45% of independents and only 15% of Republicans agree.
Debates on enforcement have dominated political debate in the early months of Trump’s second term as Trump and his allies pushed the limits of his office, raising new legal issues and the accompanying court agenda.
The plaintiffs accused staff of taking charge of court rulings when it was linked to the administration’s advances to cut workers and stop spending. A federal judge ruled in February that the administration had violated a court order temporarily blocking a freeze on cleaning. Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency told subordinates in February to freeze funds for grants despite an order that would otherwise.
This week, a federal judge warned the Justice Department in his administration’s weekend deportation service that 18th century laws are justified based on rarely invoked. Trump sparked a rare reaction from Secretary John Roberts, asking judges to be fired each to block the deportation order. Roberts issued a brief statement Tuesday saying, “Earth each is not an appropriate response to differences in opinion over a judicial decision.”
The latest development of a story that has been boiling for weeks in Washington. Democrats last month called on the Justice Department candidates to see whether the president could violate court orders, and Vice President JD Vance and Trump adviser Elon Musk questioned social media about the extent of the judge’s authority to curb Trump’s actions.
Thirty-one percent of Democrats say the courts have too much power (up from 17% of self-identified Democrats in 2019), but 27% of independents and 25% of Republicans agree. This significant increase in Democrats, especially when compared to independents and Republicans, includes the DOBBS decision. It comes after years of liberal criticism of the Supreme Court over its decision to overturn Wade. The findings also follow a call from then-President Joe Biden, which calls for reform in the courts and adds judiciary to the Supreme Court as a way to change the balance of political power for the sake of progressive drive.
Meanwhile, the share of those who believe Congress has too much power is lower in all political affiliations compared to 2019. A 7-point change between Republicans and Independents and a 3-point drop among Democrats.
