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5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. Hosted by Peter Shamshiri, Rhiannon Hamam, and Michael Liroff, it's a progressive and occasionally profane take on the ideological battles at the heart of the Court's most important landmark cases and an irreverent tour of all the ways...
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Garcetti v. Ceballos
The Supreme Court tramples upon your most sacred right: the right to complain about your co-workers.
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Panic! In The Federal Judiciary [TEASER]
You know things are really bad when federal judges–historically an extremely reticent group–are sounding the alarm about the chaos and confusion the S...
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza
I think we can all agree that the Constitution guarantees every individual certain unalienable rights–oh wait, sorry, getting a call. Right. Sorry. Ok...
Rhiannon Interviews Mahmoud Khalil
On this episode of Popular Cradle, (Rhiannon’s other podcast!), she interviews Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by ICE for more...
Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
Feels like we should be able to collectively wrestle with the problems of a system by which 14 million people will die in the next five years because...
Free Speech, Chilled to Perfection [TEASER]
Do you ever feel…like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? That’s understandable because battles over free speech and the...
2025-2026 Supreme Court Term Preview
You are getting very sleepy…you are getting very sleepy…HEY! Wake up. It may look like the slate of cases for this Supreme Court term doesn't have man...
Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
Papers, please. The hallmark of fascist states of eras past and your favorite movie about authoritarianism is now also the official policy of the Unit...
Introducing FIASCO: BENGHAZI, hosted by Leon Neyfakh
SELF-PROMOTION ALERT FROM LEON! Check out my six-part series on the origins and consequences of the Benghazi scandal.
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Welcome to Law School 2025
Kudos to everyone who is starting law school in this economy and during an authoritarian regime. In this annual episode, Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael...
Step Your Pussy Up Under Fascism [TEASER]
It's okay to be scared. It's hard not to succumb to the nihilism of the second Trump administration. But that is precisely what he and his administrat...
Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Federal law says that Medicaid recipients have the right to choose their healthcare provider. One problem, though–what if a Medicaid recipient chooses...
McMahon v. New York
Don't be sad, little Johnny, Trump just took the Department of Education to live on a big farm with so much space to run around and play in, and all t...
Trump Brings the War Home [UNLOCKED]
California has become a testing ground for Trump's police state ambitions. In Los Angeles and across the country, he’s merging the military and the po...
Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Please have your driver's license, social security card, or any other highly personal private information ready to share if you wish to rub one out to...
Mahmoud v. Taylor
Because the conservatives on the Supreme Court are lowkey homophobic, they have made it easier for parents of kids in public schools to opt out of top...
Portrait of a John Roberts on Fire [TEASER]
These “boys” and in some cases “gals” keep proving us right! The 2024-2025 Supreme Court term was a beautiful illustration of this podcast’s entire th...
Trump v. CASA, Inc.
CTRL+F for “birthright citizenship” in this majority opinion, and you only get two hits. That’s because Amy Coney Barrett spends thousands of words te...
United States v. Skrmetti
The Supreme Court has made life more difficult for trans children, who are already among the most marginalized groups in the country.
The DOGE Cases
The Supreme Court allowed the 20-somethings at DOGE to access your Social Security information. What's the worst that could happen?
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Trump v. Wilcox
The Supreme Court just made it easier for Trump to fire heads of independent federal agencies. Unitary executive theory, anyone?
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Copaganda with Alec Karakatsanis [TEASER]
Crime rates are at historic lows, yet year after year, people say that they feel unsafe and believe crime is rising. You can thank the news media with...
Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union
If the Supreme Court can take away constitutional rights from one minority group, it can do it to any of us. Yes, even podcasters.
If you're no...
No Due Process, Yes Jumbo Plane [TEASER]
Since taking office, Trump has moved quickly to implement his authoritarian agenda. Now, he is asking the Supreme Court to limit the judicial branch b...
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
The Supreme Court has been stripping away students' free speech rights for decades. They don't want you to think for yourself or speak your mind. You...
United States v. Zubaydah
Following the 9/11 attacks, both liberal and conservative justices contributed to the rise of some authoritarian powers that the Trump administration...
Movie Review: The Firm [TEASER]
The Firm, the legal thriller starring Tom Cruise, shows us that big law is sometimes worse than the literal mob.
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Introducing... Fiasco: Iran-Contra
New from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries: it's a new edition of Fiasco: Iran-Contra, widely available for the first time ever. New episodes o...
Trump v. J.G.G.
The Supreme Court under Trump 2.0 is engaging in their favorite pastime: finding convoluted procedural reasons to rule in his favor.
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Department of State v. Muñoz
Finally, the Supreme Court gets to live its dream: being xenophobic and homophobic at the same time.
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Authoritarian Creep(s) [TEASER]
The Trump administration has moved at breakneck speed to suppress free speech, mass deport hundreds of individuals without due process, and target jud...
Mobile v. Bolden
While a law may have discriminatory or racist effects—such as diluting the Black vote in a city and rendering those votes essentially meaningless—this...
San Francisco v. EPA
How much poop is in our water? The Supreme Court says “not enough.”
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The Powell Memo [TEASER]
Before he was ever a Supreme Court justice, Lewis Powell was an enterprising corporate attorney representing tobacco companies and calling on CEO’s to...
McCutcheon v. FEC
Presidential candidates raised more than $1.6 billion in the 2024 election cycle, but if you think flooding politics with money is bad then you don’t...
NIFLA v. Becerra
Crisis pregnancy centers can provide misinformation about healthcare and perform medical procedures without requiring a licensed doctor. Yes, all of t...
Your Trump 2.0 Questions, Answered [UNLOCKED]
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Trump’s Opening Salvo
Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive orders has left many of us scrambling. The policies are cruel and reactionary, but do they amount to a constitutional...
Your Trump 2.0 Questions, Answered [TEASER]
What do you do if ICE comes to your door? How will Trump enforce his anti-trans orders? Are there risks to podcasting in the age of Trump? You asked...
TikTok v. Garland
The Supreme Court says that you don’t have a constitutional right to post short form videos of cute cats. Is it time for a revolution?
You can s...