Sen. Whitehouse Decries Dark Money in Court Process: ‘It's One Scheme'

During the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., explained how “dark money” from conservative legal groups can use their deep pockets to influence the Supreme Court process. “It’s one scheme,” he said. “With the same funders selecting judges, funding campaigns for the judges and then showing up in court in these orchestrated amicus flotillas to tell the judges what to do.”