,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #gei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october  
#bd 7legislative day1 ,october #ai71    
#bjbj,mr4 ,whitehouse submitted the     
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that dark money undermines  
the integrity of the judicial system and
 damages the perception that all people 
receive equal justice under law4        
,whereas dark money organizations1      
funded by anonymous donors1 have played 
an outsized role in the selection of    
judges and justices of the ,supreme     
,court of the ,united ,states 7referred 
to in this preamble as the ,supreme     
,court7 under ,president ,trump and     
spent millions of anonymous dollars on  
advertising campaigns supporting those  
selections2 ,whereas the people of the  
,united ,states have no idea who is     
funding these campaigns and what        
business the funders might have before  

the courts2 ,whereas1 under ,president  
,trump1 the ,federalist ,society for    
,law and ,public ,policy ,studies       
7referred to in this preamble as the    
,federalist ,society7 has played a      
central role in the selection of        
,president ,trump's judicial nominees1  
including his #c nominees to the        
,supreme ,court1 for example-- 7#a7 in  
#bjaf1 then-candidate ,trump said that  
all of his judicial selections would be 
hand-picked by the ,federalist ,society2
  7#b7 in #bjag1 then-,white ,house     
,counsel ,don ,mc,gahn boasted that the 
judicial selection process had been     
in-sourced to the ,federalist ,society2 
7#c7 ,leonard ,leo1 the ,co-,chairman of
 the ,federalist ,society1 twice took a 
leave of absence from the ,federalist   
,society to work in the ,white ,house   
and advise ,president ,trump on his     
,supreme ,court nominations2  7#d7      
approximately #hf percent of ,president 
,trump's ,supreme ,court and appellate  
court nominees have been members of the 

,federalist ,society2 and  7#e7 ,judge  
,amy ,coney ,barret has spoken at #bf   
,federalist ,society events since #bjad 
and1 at the time of his confirmation in 
#bjah1 ,justice ,brett ,kavanaugh had   
spoken at over #ej ,federalist ,society 
events2 ,whereas the ,washington ,post  
reported that ,leonard ,leo has helped  
raise #bej1jjj1jjj from mostly anonymous
 donors to promote conservative legal   
causes and judges2 ,whereas groups      
engaged in these activities do not      
disclose their funders1 meaning the     
people of the ,united ,states have no   
idea who is behind this sophisticated   
operation to influence the selection of 
judges and justices2 ,whereas dark money
 groups like the ,judicial ,crisis      
,network 7referred to in the preamble as
 ,,jcn7 have helped shape the           
composition of the ,supreme ,court by   
spending tens of millions of anonymous  
dollars on advertising campaigns        
opposing or supporting ,supreme ,court  
nominees1 specifically-- 7#a7 ,,jcn     

spent #g1jjj1jjj to block ,president    
,obama's nomination of ,judge ,merrick  
,garland to be an ,associate ,justice of
 the ,supreme ,court in #bjaf2  7#b7    
,,jcn pledged to spend #aj1jjj1jjj to   
support ,president ,trump's nomination  
of then-,judge ,neil ,gorsuch to be an  
,associate ,justice of the ,supreme     
,court in #bjag2  7#c7 ,,jcn also spent 
#aj1jjj1jjj to support ,president       
,trump's nomination of then-,judge      
,brett ,kavanaugh to be an ,associate   
,justice of the ,supreme ,court in      
#bjah2 and  7#d7 ,,jcn has pledged to   
spend #aj1jjj1jjj to support ,president 
,trump's nomination of ,judge ,amy      
,coney ,barrett to be an ,associate     
,justice of the ,supreme ,court2        
,whereas ,,jcn is a dark money          
organization and does not disclose its  
funders to the people of the ,united    
,states2 ,whereas ,,jcn has received    
multiple massive contributions from the 
anonymous donors1 specifically-- 7#a7 a 
#ae1hha1jjj anonymous contribution in   

tax year #bjah2  7#b7 a #ag1ajj1jjj     
anonymous contribution in tax year      
#bjag2  7#c7 a #ba1dfd1iie anonymous    
contribution in tax year #bjaf2 and     
7#d7 a #ag1ibj1jjj anonymous            
contribution in tax year #bjae2 and     
,whereas the ,american people have no   
idea who made these massive             
contributions and what business the     
contributors might have before the      
courts3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it 
is the sense of the ,senate that-- 7#a7 
fair and impartial courts are a bedrock 
of ,american democracy and crucial to   
maintaining the faith of the people of  
the ,united ,states in the justice      
system2  7#b7 this massive dark money   
operation to influence the selection and
 confirmation of judges and justices    
creates significant conflict of interest
 concerns for the judiciary and         
undermines the integrity of the courts  
and the justice system2 and  7#c7 the   
people of the ,united ,states deserve to
 know who is behind this massive dark   

money campaign to capture the courts4