5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. It's a progressive and occasionally profane take on the ideological battles... more
We're back with another episode of Rhiannon's movement lawyering series! In this episode, Rhiannon talks with Palestine Legal's senior staff... more
Breaking news! It's not just the Supreme Court that sucks - it's ALSO the executive and legislative branches! This week... more
What does a military contractor have in common with Justice Antonin Scalia? They both manufacture things! The contractor manufactures helicopters... more
Recorded live at Stateside at the Paramount! Join us as we skewer Texas judges (not literally!), teach a robot to... more
This week, 5-4 invites you to check out an episode of Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro... more
It's not easy being a kid. Especially when the state thinks you don't have any constitutional rights. Thank goodness for... more
You know and hate qualified immunity, which allows cops to get away with murder. Now meet prosecutorial immunity, the judge-made... more
What is the greater crime? Missing a recording and pushing an episode back by a week … or using the... more
Recorded live at Harvard Law School's Corporate Capture of the Legal System conference, we're talking about Jones Day. The law... more
In this case from 1944 the Court decides that arresting someone on "suspicion of being Japanese" and putting them in... more
Here at 5-4 HQ we get a lot of questions. And while we can't answer the ones from our parents,... more
Don't get it twisted: "the point" whizzing high over the heads of Supreme Court justices is a tradition as old... more
The dictionary defines "quid pro quo" as "when a businessman walks up to a Congressman in the Capitol and hands... more
This week, 5-4 invites you to check out an episode of If Books Could Kill, featuring Michael Hobbes, of Maintenance... more
We spend the better part of the year bumming you out about the many ways the law fails to actually... more
For some strange reason, there aren't many thrillers about the Supreme Court. The Pelican Brief remedies this obvious oversight by... more
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor is undoubtedly one of our faves. But "no robes, no masters" still applies.The full version of... more
This episode contains graphic depictions of an execution. Please take care while listening.If you're not a 5-4 Premium member, you're... more
The Fourth Amendment protects you from unreasonable search and seizure by the government. Unless the government wants to unreasonably search... more
The full version of this episode is available now to our 5-4 Premium supporters. To join, visit www.fivefourpod.com/support5 to 4 is... more
Justice Samuel Alito is deeply contemptuous of those who don't share his worldview, where abortion is murder, and the cops... more
This episode quotes outdated language about homosexuality that maybe painful to hear. Please take care while listening.If you're not a... more
The first time the Supreme Court flirted with Independent State Legislature doctrine, George W. Bush wound up in the presidency.... more
The hosts have some ~personal~ news.The full version of this premium episode is available exclusively to our Patreon supporters. To... more
The state of legal discourse is bad. There's an entire ecosystem of talkers that need the Court to exist so... more
Fun party idea: convene 11 strangers, get zooted at lunch, deal some weed, do a little coke in the bathroom... more
Having accomplished their big goals of overturning Roe and giving a praying football coach back a job he never actually... more
The Supreme Court term begins next week and for the first time in American history, a Black woman will sit... more
Welcome to citizenship in the United States of America - you knew that you weren't guaranteed to get health care,... more
Cops have to read you your Miranda rights. If they don't … nothing happens, according to this recent Supreme Court... more
Oh my god, MORE of you decided to go to law school? Even after we released this episode last year?... more
Harriet Miers was a lawyer and advisor in the Bush Administration. But what she was NOT was reliably conservative enough... more
The United States has a long, complex, and often contradictory history of firearm regulation. Clarence Thomas reached into that history,... more
Continuing its trajectory of abandoning tests that don't pass the vibe check, the Supreme Court ruled that states can prosecute... more
Live from the People's Parity convening in Washington, DC, we're talking about free speech and the right's obsession with cancel... more
Senator Elizabeth Warren, we can only assume against the advice of counsel, agreed to come on 5-4. We talked about... more
Imagine you are given a month and a half head start on a race. Do you A) start running, B)... more
John Roberts has decided that the standard for whether or not something is a "major question" is whether or not... more
In this case from the most recent term, the Court once again says we should look to history and tradition... more
This episode contains descriptions of violence against a child that may be challenging for some listeners. Please take care while... more
Continuing its trajectory of abandoning tests that don't pass the vibe check, the Supreme Court ruled that states can prosecute crimes committed... more