Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0656
Case Information
- Content Scored
- People in Many Countries Now View China More Positively Than the U.S. (Pew Research survey)
- Source
- Pew Research Center
- Author
- Jonathan Schulman, Laura Silver, Laura Clancy, William Miner
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-15
- Content Type
- News
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-19
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
This is a Pew Research Center report of a 36-country survey (42,151 adults, fielded February 8-May 13, 2026) finding that China is now viewed more positively than the United States in most countries surveyed, that more respondents overall now express confidence in Xi than in Trump, and that the U.S. advantage on respecting personal freedoms is narrowing. The Court's central determination is one of content type: this is a neutral, methodologically transparent data report, not advocacy. Pew takes no normative position for or against American interests — it measures and discloses public opinion, including the countervailing findings (six countries still favor the U.S.; the U.S. still leads China on the personal-freedoms measure). The dominant lens is The Honest Press (Article XV), where the report scores very high. The subject matter is adverse to American standing (Articles I and XVI), but reporting an unwelcome fact honestly is not opposing the Constitution — it is the honest-press function the Constitution affirms. The high score reflects how truthfully the information is delivered, not that the trend favors the U.S.
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0656 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.