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 had for the system, they had 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 guard 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 Protosewitz remains under the threat of impeachment

by legislative Republicans and assembly speaker Robin Voss, who has now created a secret panel

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