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Rob Schmitt’s crew took to the streets to pose a simple but telling question: can Americans name more Supreme Court justices or more Kardashians? The exchange was blunt and unflattering, and it was aired on his Newsmax program as a wake-up call about civic ignorance in our country.
The on-camera results weren’t surprising to conservatives who watch the erosion of civic knowledge with alarm — too many people couldn’t name a single sitting justice while pop-culture answers came easily. Polling has long shown a worrisome lack of awareness about the high court among ordinary citizens, a rot that shouldn’t be dismissed as harmless.
What this reveals is a cultural mismatch: celebrity worship and social media trivia are taught and rewarded, while civic literacy and respect for the institutions that protect our freedoms are neglected. Rob Schmitt’s segment captured that phenomenon in microcosm, with interviewees rattling off Kardashian names but drawing blanks on justices who shape constitutional law.
The consequences go beyond embarrassment. Surveys show a broad erosion of trust in the court and a perception that justices decide cases based on ideology rather than law — a problem made worse when the public can’t even name who’s sitting on the bench. If Americans are disengaged or misinformed about the judiciary, it’s easier for political operatives and the media to spin rulings as partisan victories instead of sober interpretations of law.
This is not merely a schoolboard problem; it’s a cultural one driven by left-leaning institutions that prioritize identity politics and pop culture over American history, civics, and the Constitution. Polls show falling favorable views of the court and growing cynicism toward institutions, which is fertile ground for those who want to reshape the rules of governance without broad public consent.
Conservatives should take Schmitt’s video as a call to action: recommit to civic education, push back against a media-industrial complex that elevates celebrity over citizenship, and support sensible reforms that restore public confidence in the courts, including clear ethics rules and term-structure debates that are now being discussed. The first step is simple — teach Americans to care about who interprets the Constitution before decisions become irreversible.
