The forces that reshaped the Supreme Court are quietly fomenting a revolution in the state courts. "We Don't Talk About Leonard" is a three-part investigative series from On the Media and ‪@ProPublica‬ that explores how one man built a money, influence and power machine to fuel a conservative takeover of America’s courts.

In the third and final episode, Leonard Leo's vision for American society collides with American society.

Leo is in Maine, a man in his castle, at the height of his powers. He has helped remake the American judicial system, and now he has a plan to do the same for society and politics — to make a Federalist Society for everything. ProPublica reporters Andrea Bernstein, Andy Kroll and Ilya Marritz drill even further into the fight to gain influence over state courts, and reveal what Leo and his allies are planning for the future.

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