Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that he would oppose Supreme Court reforms on Sunday, going against reported ideas from President Biden that would impose more strict ethics requirements and term limits for justices.
Graham told CBS’s Robert Costa on “Face the Nation” that he won’t work with Biden on any reform bill.
“No, because he wants to destroy the court. They want to pack the court. They want … to undercut the conservative court,” Graham said. “They’ve tried to marginalize the court and destroy the Roberts court. The Roberts court has brought constitutional balance back to the court, and the liberals in this country want to pack the court. They want to destroy the court.”
“So their initiatives coming from Biden will be dead on arrival in the Senate,” he continued. “They have no desire to make the court better. They’re just trying to make it more liberal.”
Biden said Supreme Court reform will be one of his priorities during his final months in office, calling the issue “critical to our democracy” in his Oval Office address last week.
The president is reported to be considering a reform package that would create a legally enforceable code of ethics and establish term limits for justices, according to The Associated Press (AP).
A push for reform comes as public faith in the high court is at record lows following multiple ethics scandals and politically divisive opinions.
Biden is also considering calling for a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the broad immunity for presidents granted by the court in its most recent term, according to the AP.