As President Donald Trump continues to face legal challenges, a new survey has found that an overwhelming majority of Americans think the president should obey court rulings.
The latest findings comes from a Reuters/Ipsos poll that was published on Tuesday and noted that 82% of respondents think the president should heed to rulings from federal judges.
While the overwhelming majority felt the president should obey court rulings, another 14% said the opposite.
The survey comes as the Trump administration continues to fall into legal trouble as courts weigh in on his numerous executive orders. Most recently, Trump and his advisers responded negatively to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s attempt to block the administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
After Boasberg ordered a flight of migrants to return to the U.S., the Trump administration declined to obey, saying he didn’t have jurisdiction since the flight was over international waters. Trump then called for his impeachment.
“I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time. “This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!”
This sparked a response from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who appeared to rebuke Trump’s comments.
“For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,” Roberts said in a rare comment. “The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”
As for the survey, 76% of Republicans said they supported the administration’s decision to deport immigrants viewed “as a risk” even with the judge’s order. For Democrats, that number was 8%.
The poll was conducted from March 20-23 and included responses from 1,030 people. There is a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.