Nearly 10 percent of college grads think Judge Judy is on Supreme Court

The Hill ^ | 01/20/2016 | Rebecca Savransky

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Nearly 10 percent of college graduates think television's Judge Judy serves on the Supreme Court, according to a new report released this month.

The report, titled "A Crisis in Civic Education," was based on a survey of 1,000 adults in August and concludes that "recent college graduates are alarmingly ignorant of America's history and heritage."

"They cannot identify the term lengths of members of Congress, the substance of the First Amendment, or the origin of the separation of powers," the report said, referring to college graduates. The lack of civic knowledge extended to the Supreme Court, where 9.6 percent of college graduates incorrectly identified Judith Sheindlin -- who handles small legal disputes on the TV show "Judge Judy" -- as a justice. Another 5.5 percent of college grads picked John Kerry, the former senator who is now secretary of State, as a member of the court.

Of those surveyed, the report found only 28.4 percent of college graduates identified James Madison as the father of the Constitution, while 59.2 percent thought the answer was Thomas Jefferson.

Nearly 40 percent of college graduates didn't know Congress has the power to declare war and less than 50 percent of the college graduates surveyed were aware that presidential impeachments are tried before the U.S. Senate.

[dhs12345]

Her show is pretty entertaining. Makes us all feel good that we are not “that stupid.” Worst of all for the participants, millions of people get to watch the make absolute fools of themselves.

[stephenjohnbanker]

I agree!

LOL

[rdl6989]

Sarcasm?

[rdl6989]

These people either major in diversity studies, or basket weaving.