My amendment does one simple thing. It prohibits the arbitrary use of the Judgment Fund to pay elected officials of the United States unless there is a binding order from a court.
Prohibit the Judgment Fund from paying elected officials unless a court issues a final judgment or other binding order.
Occurrences
Evidence
AP reported the Trump administration announced a $1.776 billion fund to compensate people claiming politically motivated investigations, created as part of a settlement resolving Trump's IRS lawsuit.
The Guardian reported a federal judge temporarily blocked the fund; the article says the money would come from the Judgment Fund, which critics said let Trump bypass Congress's spending power.
AP reported the injunction was extended indefinitely; Blanche told Congress the fund was being scrapped, but the court wanted a sworn rescission and no claims had been paid.
Assessments
As of 2026-06-15, the evidence shows only that a federal court has blocked the Trump administration's proposed use of the Judgment Fund for a specific settlement and that no payments have been made. That practical pause came from judicial intervention, not from an enacted Levin-backed prohibition on using the Judgment Fund for elected officials absent a final judgment or other binding order. The record provided does not show Levin secured a statute, appropriations restriction, or other binding federal rule delivering the promised policy. Because Levin is still in office and the issue remains live rather than finally resolved, the best score is unresolved.