The U.S. Senate decided on June 12 not to approve a Democrat-sponsored Supreme Court ethics reform bill after the measure was put forward by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) for unanimous consent.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) objected to passing the proposed Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act (SCERT) without taking a formal vote, after Mr. Durbin sought the unanimous consent of senators for passage.
“Let’s be clear,” Mr. Graham said on the Senate floor. “This is not about improving the court—this is about undermining the Court.”
Mr. Graham called the bill “an unconstitutional overreach” by Democrats aimed at undermining “a Court they don’t like.”
The objection of a single senator blocks passage of a matter on a unanimous consent request, according to Senate rules.
