 A Gallup poll released a week after the nomination showed 54 percent of Americans in favor of Sotomayor 's confirmation compared with 28 percent in opposition . A June 12 Fox News poll showed 58 percent of the public disagreeing with her " wise Latina " remark but 67 percent saying the remark should not disqualify her from serving on the Supreme Court . The American Bar Association gave her a unanimous " well qualified " assessment , its highest mark for professional qualification . Following the Ricci overruling , Rasmussen Reports and CNN / Opinion Research polls showed that the public was now sharply divided , largely along partisan and ideological lines , as to whether Sotomayor should be confirmed . 
