Polls can reveal a lot about American’s political views, from their perceptions on President Donald Trump and his political movement to their distrust of the Supreme Court. Yet a new study reveals something surprising about Americans’ political and judicial philosophies — namely, that they often do not really understand the ideas they ostensibly follow. “The research indicates that for the general public, judicial philosophy acts more as a symbolic label than a structured framework for evaluating the law. “When asked to pick a preferred legal philosophy, 44.5 percent of the mass public chose ‘not sure,’ while only 23.7 percent of legal professionals selected the unsure option. Legal professionals exhibited about 32 percent more consistency across the varying scenarios than the general public.