Behind The Democrats' Efforts To Regulate The Supreme Court

 Democrats' push to impose a code of conduct on the U.S. Supreme Court is driven by their desire to exert power over a court that hasn't been ruling their way on key issues, legal experts say.

The activism has propelled the court to adopt its first-ever formal code of conduct, issued on Nov. 13, but Democrats say it's a toothless gesture and won't fix what they say is a court that's overly sympathetic to business interests and conservative causes.

To remedy the supposed crisis at the court, Mr. Durbin backs the proposed Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023, which his committee approved on a party-line vote in July.

Among other things, it would also impose mandatory recusal standards and create a panel of lower court judges to investigate complaints against the Supreme Court.

A video from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' 1991 confirmation is played during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about Supreme Court ethics reform on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 2, 2023.

Democrats haven't tried to put the bill before the full Senate because they don't have the required votes, according to Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has accused Democrats of waging a "Jihad" against the court.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito at an event in Washington in 2016, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the State of the Union address in Washington in 2009, and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court building in Washington in 2018.

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