39 states elect at least some of their judges. The amount of money raised and spent in judicial campaigns has soared. Joining us to discuss the implications are Joanna Shepherd and Michael Kang, authors of “Free to Judge: The Power of Campaign Money in Judicial Elections.” Kang is a law professor at Northwestern University and Shepherd is a professor of law at Emory University.

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