Hey everybody, it's Kai. This week we're sharing the third and final part of We Don't Talk About

Leonard. If you've been following our feed, you know all about it. It's a three-part series from

our friends at On The Media who teamed up with ProPublica to investigate the rise of a man named

Leonard Leo who played an outsized role in the conservative takeover of America's courts.

This week the reporting team drills into the fight to gain influence over state courts and reveal

what Leo and his allies are planning for the future. And Leo, he is finally confronted face-to-face

in his own neighborhood. Here's On The Media host Brooke Gladstone.

Millions of dark money dollars are pouring into judicial races across the country,

changing the way judges are elected and how they preside. Suddenly there were millions of dollars

being put in. They add for the system. They add for democracy. From WNYC in New York, this is On The

Media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. This week what conservative power broker Leonard Leo is doing with

one of the largest political donations in American history. After one lunch you can put different

kinds of capital together to go out into the world and basically wreck shop. And Leo's vision for

American society collides with American society. And there is Leonard Leo himself with a security

card standing there chalking my name. He was writing your name on the sidewalk as you were jogging by.

Yes, how completely surreal is that? It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is On The Media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

The first week in October the liberal majority on Wisconsin State Supreme Court agreed to hear a

case about the state's legislative districts drawn up by Republican lawmakers back in 2011.

And in agreeing to hear one of the most disputed gerrymandering cases in the country,

they also reignited a simmering threat. Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Proto-Sawitz

remains under the threat of impeachment by legislative Republicans and assembly speaker Robin

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