Public admits U.S. Supreme Court politicized, want to try Affordable Care Act.

The one big target of the Bush administration was the judicial system, where they successfully politicized the courts. That has basically poisoned the public’s trust of that branch of government. 

 Bloomberg News: Three-quarters of Americans say the U.S. Supreme Court will be influenced by politics when it rules on the constitutionality of a health-care law signed by President Barack Obama two years ago.

The sentiment crosses party lines and is especially held by independents, 80 percent of whom say the court will not base its ruling solely on legal merits, according to a Bloomberg National Poll. More Republicans than Democrats, by 74 percent to 67 percent, say politics will play a role in the court’s health- care decision.

The poll also sought opinions of the health-care law. 37 percent of respondents said it should be repealed, the same percentage as the first time Bloomberg asked the question in July 2010. 11 percent said it should be left alone. Just under half, 46 percent, said the law “may need small modifications, but we should see how it works.”

That's 57 percent who support "Obamacares." Republicans have easily set the agenda for the 2012 presidential election so far, with this near perfect talking point list of issues:

Health care ranked fourth on a list of issues that respondents named as the most important facing the country, behind unemployment, the federal deficit and gas prices.