Sen. Graham dings Dems for trying to 'destroy' conservative Supreme Court justices: 'Constitutional overreach'

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., accused Democrats of trying to "destroy" conservative Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas with a bill blocked by Senate Republicans earlier in June and additionally said Americans are living under a "reckless" president.

The act, which Senate Republicans ultimately blocked, would have altered financial disclosure requirements, ethical standards and recusal requirements that apply to Supreme Court justices, according to the bill's summary.

"The worst thing that could happen is for the United States Senate and the House to determine what cases the Supreme Court hears. The bill that he talked about was killed on the floor of the Senate because it would allow lower court judges to determine when a Supreme Court justice should be recused," he said, responding to Sen. Chris Coons', D-Del., rhetoric regarding the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act on "Fox News Sunday."

DURBIN ATTEMPT TO FORCE SUPREME COURT ETHICS VOTE BLOCKED AMID ALITO CONTROVERSY

The bill would have additionally expanded "the circumstances under which a Justice or judge must be disqualified" and required "Supreme Court and the Judicial Conference to establish procedural rules for prohibiting the filing of or striking an amicus brief that would result in the disqualification of a Justice, judge, or magistrate judge," according to