Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he would oppose Supreme Court reforms on Sunday, going against President Biden’s reported ideas that would impose stricter ethics requirements and term limits on justices.
Graham told CBS’ Robert Costa on “Face the Nation” that he will not work with Biden on any reform projects.
“No, because he wants to destroy the court. They want to fill the court. They want to… undermine the conservative court,” Graham said. “They tried to marginalize the court and destroy the Roberts court. The Roberts Court brought constitutional balance back to the court, and liberals in this country want to pack the court. They want to destroy the court.”
“Therefore, their initiatives coming from Biden will be dead when they reach the Senate,” he continued. “They don’t want to improve the court. They’re just trying to make it more liberal.”
Biden has said reforming the Supreme Court will be one of his priorities during his final months in office, calling the issue “critical to our democracy” in his Oval Office speech last week.
The president is reportedly considering a package of reforms that would create a legally enforceable code of ethics and establish term limits for judges, according to the Associated Press (AP).
A push for reform comes at a time when public trust in the high court is at record levels, following multiple ethics scandals and politically divergent opinions.
Biden is also considering asking for a constitutional change that would eliminate the broad immunity granted to presidents by the court in his most recent term, according to the AP.
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