Hi, I'm Alyssa Malano, and this is Sorry Not Sorry. So, The Federalist Society has emerged as a far-right powerhouse, reshaping the American judiciary.

Many of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions

use information from amicus briefs provided

by the Federalist Society or related organizations.

Briefs which may contain fundamentally inaccurate information.

Heidi Prisbala is Politico's award-winning national investigative correspondent and a veteran Washington journalist who regularly breaks exclusive reporting on the White House Congress,

presidential and congressional elections,

and most recently, the Supreme Court and the state of democracy at home.

She joins us today to discuss her reporting.

In January of 2010, the Supreme Court made a landmark decision that would have massive ripple effects

throughout the world of political spending and dark money for years to come.

The Court's Citizens United decision would effectively loosen restrictions on campaign

spending and clear the way for anonymous donor dollars to flow into so-called

quote non-profit groups. That is the subject of political's new reporting

involving Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas,

his wife Ginny, and the multi-millionaire conservative judicial

activist and lobbyist Leonard Leo.

The Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to authorize subpoenas for

conservative activist Leonard Leo and Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow.

It is part of the Judiciary Committee Supreme Court ethics probe.

Central to the president's election of Judge Brett Kavanaugh last night was the Federalist Society.

How they've been hearing a lot about this.

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