Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, has accused Democrats of attempting to undermine conservative Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas through a bill that was blocked by Senate Republicans in June. The bill aimed to modify financial disclosure requirements, ethical standards, and recusal requirements for Supreme Court justices.
The proposed legislation, known as the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act, would have expanded the circumstances under which a Justice or judge must be disqualified and required the establishment of procedural rules for prohibiting certain filings that could lead to disqualification.
